DEFENCELESS PARIS
AIR “ATTACK” SUCCEEDS. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] lari's, August 30. The general staff of the Federal Air Force are shocked by the vulnerability of Paris to an air attack, as has been revealed by to-day’s manoeuvres. "If it were really war, Paris would now be a blazing ruin,” says the official report. “The entire city would be a shambles, and there would be tens of thousands of casualties.” , Le Bourget Aerodrome was chosen to represent. Paris, and, despite a highly-organised defence system, only one raider was brought down, while 140 out of 176 raiding planes reached Le Bourget theoretically, and showered 90 tons of bombs on it. The defending air fleet wandered about the clouds vainly searching for the attackers. The official communique says: “No doubt, the manoeuvres has produced a disturbing surprise. The defenders had 310 scouting planes. . There were 166 attacking planes, and it was expected that the defenders would succeed in intercepting the ’enemy fifty miles east of Paris, but, with the aid of clouds, the attackers reached and bombed their objective.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1934, Page 7
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