SWOOPING DOWN ON LONDON.—One'hundred and twenty bombing 'planes attacked London, and ninety defending fighters, aided by anli-aircraft batteries, sought to destroy them in one of the greatest aerial mimic battles ever staged in England. The engagement, which Was designed to test the efficiency of London's defences, appeared to go in favour of the attackers, who succeeded in "bombing" most of the selected targets, and who, in several cases, approached the capital without being hindered. It Was a strange coincidence that while the "battle" Was taking place overhead, the Socialist peers in the House of Lords were condemning the Government for its proposed expansion of the Air Force.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 September 1934, Page 10

SWOOPING DOWN ON LONDON. — One'hundred and twenty bombing 'planes attacked London, and ninety defending fighters, aided by anli-aircraft batteries, sought to destroy them in one of the greatest aerial mimic battles ever staged in England. The engagement, which Was designed to test the efficiency of London's defences, appeared to go in favour of the attackers, who succeeded in "bombing" most of the selected targets, and who, in several cases, approached the capital without being hindered. It Was a strange coincidence that while the "battle" Was taking place overhead, the Socialist peers in the House of Lords were condemning the Government for its proposed expansion of the Air Force.