GREAT AIR FIGHT
RAIDERS PUT TO FLIGHT.
A HUNDRED PLANES TAKE PART. ATTACKS IN THREE GROUPS. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 25. A great battle, in which 100 ’planes took part followed an unsuccessful German attack on a convoy off the south-east coast. German bombers came in three groups, the first of which attacked the ships while the other two bombed the land. Then they returned to France. Another formation of 15, apparently fighters, flew in from the Channel at a great height. There was fierce antiaircraft gunfire, and Royal Air Force planes roared into action. A fierce battle resulted in the headlong flight of the raiders.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 247, 26 July 1940, Page 5
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