OVER, the sey expanses of the North Sea, reconnaissance planes roared yesterday as "invasion patrols" of the British Royal Air Force.
'Above the wild fiords of Norway and the numberless indenta~ tions of the Dutch and Belgian coasts these' planes flew in search of concentrations of German troops, aircraft and ships with which Chancellor Adolf Hitler plans his invasion of England.
From this camouflaged aerodrome, which looks from the ground like a dream of a surrealist painter, a correspondent of the United Press watched the R.A.F. invasion' patrols go off on their daily job which brings them into frequent conflict with the German Ait Force.
From yourly British, Canadian and] gion of Sicily. where hangars and south african plots and the veteran leaders was told the slaty of Workshops were set fire and des-An. evening "Air Ministry com the Admiralty, Lockheed "planes which have proved to be ne of the surprises of the war mamique declared that R.A. bomb-attacked the important. German Air Ministry bought aviation. plant at" Delchshausen at red Lockheed Be}4 Gnwn yesterday, when the Nether. lands aerodrome at Waalhaven and before the war in the need for a Flushing were also raided, Two British craft failed to return Tong-distance reconnaissance plane from the Ministry which could take a lot of punish-said. ment, Naval Bases Bombed Botnb doors were installed in the The German naval bases of Kiel belly of the planes and "flexiglass" and" Wilhelmshaven were bombed dun turrets were installed last night: several missiles were seen those and between the rear rudders te fall on the docks and construction which characterize Lockheed planes. at Kiel, and on supply depots at The turrets, which We electric and Withelmshaven. hhydraulie power to swing the guns] "The whart areas at Cuxhaven and all directions, are the 85] Hamburg were also attacked by the installed in the new Defiant fliters, Hine Test night and sotecal. owes First {0 Homb Norway were sot afire.
'Other Mights were carried out over "At first we thought these branehline of the Cologne railway, would be all right for scouting Jand the Schipol and Texel aerodromes photograph: red in the Netherlands. One craft failed ron leader' said, "Then the crews to return to its base. discovered they could do Two German "planes were shot things with them and that it took down over Britain today, when of of punishment to several minor raids were carried out a Lockheed, by the enemy, it was officially an-"Lockheeds were the first planes nounced. to drop bombs on Norway, When A Heinkel was brought down off we. abandoned the policy of not the south coast of attacking land objectives in Ger-"dogfight" with a Spitfire pursuit, many, it was Lockheeds that dropped while the second craft was shot dows the first bombs and set fire to oil aerial battle off the northeast coast tanks in Bremen and Hamburg.
Scotland this afternoon He said Loekheeds had been in Aeroplanes which were bel combat with every type of German. belong' to the enemy were spotted fireratl and. always "proved them. over southwestern Scotland this Scotland, selves better He oxided that 0) Sver south Devon, embed a" town Messerschmitt had ever" shot down] OVe" south Devon. bombed a toxon Lockheed, Today these Lockheed planes are the eyes of Britain on invasion patrols and their job is to break what the Germans call the "siege Of Britain."—United Press,
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