Evening star., 1940-07-22
London
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feet to tackle the high flying Dornier
off the southeast coast.
The big bomber quickly shot into
a 3l2-mile dive to the sea level, the
attackers pouring bullets into its
tail
The fame-enveloped German ship
splaShed to the waters surface
One of the German crew escaped
on rubber boat and was rescued
by a motor torpedo boat directed
to the scene by a Hurricane pilot
circling overhead
Other developments in the war
at sea and in the air were:
l. An air battle over the English
Channel yesterday afternoon in
which six British Hurricane fight
tiers, outnumbered 13 to l, succeeded
in driving off 40 Dornier II bombers
and 40 Messerschmitt fighters with
out loss to themselves or to con-
voyed merchant ships which were
the Nazi raiders objectives.
2. Destruction of 81 German
raiders Saturday, yesterday and
2 and possibly more this morning
when they appeared near a town in
Southwest England.
3. Weekend Royal Air Force
raids on the German naval base of
Wilhelmshaven and on other targets
In Hamburg, Bremen, the Ruhr dis
trict and Nazi-occupied Norway,
Holland and Belgium, at a cost of
II British planes.
4. Loss of the famous 67O-ton sub
marine Salmon. which last Decem-
ber II sighted the homeWard- bound
German liner Bremen, but let her
escape "out of regard for interna-
tional law" because she was at such
q distance that only a shot without
warning could have hit her.
5. Loss of the 367-ton minesWeep-
Ing trawler Crestf1ower with two of
her seamen. She was sunk by air
attack.
Proud of Channel Fight.
Proudest boast of British officials
was the engagement over the Chan
mel, in which the six Hurricanes,
despite the disparity in strength,
were reported to have shot down
one Messerschmitt and to have
drilled number of the other Nazi
planes full of holes" before forcing
the German air fleet to turn for
home.
This mornings raiders were said
to have run into heavy fire from
ground batteries. The first two
bombers were picked up by search
lights and Immediately enveloped in
bursts of shrapnel. Flames poured
from the tail of one of them as they
went into dive and observers said
1t seemed certain at least one had
crashed into the sea.
A third bomber also was caught
in the searchlights, ran into heavy
curtain of fire and suddenly nose
-.dived and crashed. These planes
dropped no bombs, but the Ministry
e. Of Home Security announced others
loosed theirs with little damage" in
the midlands and on the northeast
coast.
The Salmon, one of the Shark
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40 men, was commanded by E. c
Bickford, who was promoted tc
commander and decorated December
81 for the Salmons sinking of a
submarine and scoring hits on the
German cruisers Leipzig and
Bluecher on the same day she
sighted the Bremen.
AS the air war continued today
Royal Air Force fighters drove off q
lone bomber over a Scottish town
The raider dropped incendiary
bombs which started small fires
Damage was reported slight.
Other planes believed to be Ger.
man appeared this morning owe,
the southeast coast.
New Target for Press.
= The British press, which alread,
has rejected the Nazi Fuehrer'.
MMimatum, found new target
Aoday In German radio propaganda
6sthe last few days advising Britain
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