ERSATZ BOMBS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 279, 24 October 1940, Page 8

ERSATZ BOMBS.

GERMANY FEELS PINCH. RESORT TO~SUBSTITUTES. "LONDON, Oct. 22. The Moscow radio states that Germany ia using concrete for the bombs dropped on Britain. The vast expenditure on metal has caused Ger- | many to use substitutes. The is not a 6 strong as metal, but a concrete bomb has sufficient penetrating power to pierce two or three floors of an ordinary dwellinghouse. It is added that the German petrol incendiary bomb is also a substitute for more expensive incendiary material, although the igniting power is smaller. The Associated Press learns that a Heinkel bomber shot down recently ha* its wheels tyred with rope. This is considered clear proof of the effectiveness of the blockade, also the R.A.F. bombing of the German synthetic rubber works. • , • , Three enemy aircraft were destroyed in Tuesday's air action, states an Air Ministry communique. Sis of our lighters' were lost but two pilots are. known to be safe. The D.S.O. has been awarded to Squadron-Leader H. S. Darlev and Acting-Wing Commander J. Gyll Murray in the latest list of awards. PilotOfficers A. G. Lewis and E. S. Lock and Acting-Flight-Lieutenant 11. A. Cruickshank gain bars to the D.F.C In addition, 66 officers are awarded the D.F.C. and 64 n.c.o.'s and aircraftsmen are awarded the D.F.M.