LOSSES INN MEN
AIR WARFARE
HEAVY FOR GERMANS
THIS MONTH'S TOLL
COMPARISON OF FIGURES
(British Official Wireless.) (Received September 21, 12.10 p.m.) RUGBY, September 20. . The heavy German losses in airmen over and around Britain compared with the British losses during September are well illustrated by the fact that on Wednesday 48 enemy aircraft were destroyed, representing a loss of more than 100 German airmen, against three British pilots lost. The aggregate September losses to the 18th are 776 German aircraft compared with 217 British machines, with 116 R.A.F. pilots safe. The figures are made up as follows:—
Planes Sept. German. 1 25 2 55 3 25 4 54 5 39 6 46 7 103 8 11 9 52 10 2 11 SO 12 3 13 2 14 IS 15 1S5 Ifi 7 17 12 IS 48 lost. British 15 20 15 17 20 19 22 13 0 24 0 0 9 25 0 3 12 British pilots safe. 9 12 8 12 9 12 9 1 6 0 7 0 0 6 14 0 2 9
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 72, 21 September 1940, Page 11
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177LOSSES INN MEN Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 72, 21 September 1940, Page 11
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