AIR-RAID ON LONDON
DAY AND NIGHT BOMBERS Mock Battles to be Fought ANNUAL DEFENCE EXERCISES (British Official Wlralesi.) (Received 20, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, July 19. The annual air-defence exercises will begin on Monday evening with a raid by day bombers on London, which will be defended by fighters. The operations, in which over 370 aircraft, day and night bombers ana single-seater and two-seater fighters, will take part will be carried out in two main phases, the first lasting 14 hours and the second, commencing on Tuesday evening, continuing for over 60 hours, during which there will be one period of 48 hours’ continuous exercises.
A daylight raid on Monday will be followed by a night attack, in which the latest types of bombers will be used. All the main targets will be in the London area.
The ground organisation of defence, which will include anti-aircraft batteries, searchlights and sound-detecting apparatus, will be strengthened by territorial units.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 182, 20 July 1935, Page 5
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