A METHOD FOUND
COMBATING NIGHT RAIDS
EQUIPMENT BEING COMPLETED
BRITAIN STRONGER IN
THE AIR
LONDON, December 31
A message from Ottawa states that Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, the British air representative, when en route to Washington to confer on the standardisation of aircraft equipment, said: "A method
has been found to defeat the German night raiders. I confidently believe it won't be long before all the weight and sting is taken out of the nightbombing attacks."
He added that equipment for the new method was rapidly being completed, and he expected that the worst of the night bombing would be over by the spring.
In London a high Air Force official stated that Britain's air strength is considerably stronger than when the German invasion plans were broken up last September. All the losses have been made up and the actual number of reserve aircraft has in-
creased.
The Air Ministry reports that more than 3500 German warplanes were destroyed over Britain and round her shores during 1940. Of these 3090 were shot down by fighters and the remainder brought down by anti-air-craft guns, the balloon barrage, and other defence forces.
The Royal Air Force in 1940 lost 1050 planes. Four hundred of the pilots were saved.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 7
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208A METHOD FOUND Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 7
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