London, July 23.
Lights in the shape of a V were seen by R.A.F. pilots while over France, Holland and Belgium last night, says the Air Ministry News Service.
A report to this effect by one of the British crews on return from France was at first received with a sceptical smile by their interrogating officer. But other crews had also seen this and other V's both in France and the Low Countries.
"Like Neon Sign"
The crews said that they were not anything like the lights of an aero-ome. One V was made by white lights enclosed in a circle of red lights, and another by five yellow lights in each arm. They varied between 12 and 50 feet in length, but a V in Belgium seemed to be about 100 yards long and was made of continuous lines of light. "Like a neon sign." as one pilot said who reported it.
'Describing last night's raids on Germany, the Air Ministry News Service states that a strong force of aircraft did great damage among industrial buildings in' Frankfurt on Main and Mannheim.
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