MONDAY’S RAIDING

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1940, Page 5

MONDAY’S RAIDING

Begins at Dusk WAVES OF PLANES. DRIVEN FROM COAST. RUGBY, September 9. Between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, after a morning of calm, Germany launched another 350 aircraft at south-east England and the London area'. Successive waves of bombers and fighters crossed the coast between the North Foreland and Hastings. Wherever they turned, thev were engaged by R.A.F. fighters, new squadrons taking up the attack from point to point. As the enemy crossed » the Kentish coast, the British fighters were ready. They fought them over the rolling woods of Sussex, across the hopfields of. Kent, above the commons and downs of Surrey, and over streets and houses in London. They pursued them back over the English Channel on the return journey. Anti-aircraft £uns also helped to harass the enemy. The evening objective apparently included R.A.F. stations in southern England and various industrial targets, as well as London. Many of the enemy, however, were driven back before reaching any objectives inside London. The Royal Canadian squadron of ■the R.A.F. fought probably their greatest battle over the streets of London itself. They met the enemy on the south side of the Thames, and chased them up-river from London Bridge to Hammersmith. They destroyed three Dornier bombers, three Messerschmitt 110 fighter-bomber*, and four Messerschmitt 109’s.

ENEMY PLANES DOWNED (Received September 10, 7 p.m.) LONDON, September 10. On Monday evening over London, one Spitfire squadron destroyed six Messerschmitts, and probably a Heinkel.