The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-30

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 The German air force apparently had resumed mass daylight raids on Britain after an interval of sev" eral days in which few German raiders appeared during daylight hours, possibly due to bad flying weather.
 The German SquadronS were met little distance back of the coast by large groups of British fighters. Observers on the ground could see the planes wheeling and turning high in the air.
 German planes which escaped the defending British squadrons split up when they reached the outer reaches of London and headed in various di- rections in attempts to drop their bomb cargoes on different objectives.
 A few bombs were dropped on London's outskirts and 40 minute air raid alarm was sounded during the morning when the first large German formation was spotted fly ing in the direction of the capital.
 Air Sirens Sounded
 Air raid sirens sounded through out the London area at 11:50 a. m. (6:5O a. m. EDT) as the formidable German fleet, though broken up by anti-aircraft fire, forced back the first line British plane defense line.
 British and German planes fought a spectacular fight thousands of feet over a southeast inland town as the Germans attempted again and again to break through.
 It was reported that some of the German planes had reached the metropolitan area and dropped their bombs before they were forced back.
 After 40-minute alarm period, during which some Londoners took to shelter, some remained in door ways and others continued about their task, the "all clear" was sound- ed in the London area at 12:30 p. m. (7:30 a. m. EDT).
 Street traffic continued normally all during the alarm period as the aerial battle was fought out in the southeast.
 British Race Into Battle
 Swarms of British fighter planes. racing into the fight, attacked the German bomber planes at attitudes SO great that those aground could follow the action only by the bursts of anti-aircraft shells and streakS of smoke from plane exhausts.
 Spitfires dived down on the tails of German planes, their machine guns splitting death, as anti-aircraft guns blazed at isolated German for nations.
 The German planes made full use of the clouds, broken up into sec- tions, some as big as 20 to 30 planes each, they tried to evade the British planes.
 Typical of many fights, three Ger man bombers dived into 8 cloud bank with three Spitfires after them. One Spitfire followed the German planes into the clouds, the others waited outside. The bomberS emerged and all three British planes attacked. The Germans headed straight for the coast and home.
 German bombers reached peril ously close to London in the air raid, one of their most persistent of the war. It was reported that an in- cendiary bomb started fire in the London outskirts, as anti-aircraft guns blazed at Geman planes the drone of whose motors could be heard far overhead.
 It was reported that one German bomber had been shot down over the London area.
 Germans Start for Home
 Before the fight had ended, Hurri- cane fighters had joined the SpitfireS and the German planes, starting for home, dropped bomb loads on four southeastern areas.
 Anti-aircraft guns and the British fighter planes harried the German feet until it fled for the sea and home.
 According to an unofficial estimate at least eight German planes were