NAZI LOSSES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 132, 6 May 1941, Page 5

NAZI LOSSES

MORE BOMBERS DOWN

ANOTHER RAID ON MERSEY LONDON, May 5.

Seven German bombers were broug-ht down over Great Britain last night (making 2-li in two nights), one was shot down over the Channel and a warship, H.M.S. Southdown, brought down another Nazi machine.

• A Press Association message says that while rescuers were slill working in the ruins caused by Saturday night's severe raids, enemy raiders last night again swooped over the Mersey-side. 'J heir large-scale tactics wore changed and the raiders came in singly in quick succession. Raiders were over a town in southwest England. A bomb killed four recent -evacuees from London and seriously injured two. A British Official Wireless message says: While Merseyside Had its fourth successive night raid, a heavy attack also developed in the Belfast area, where, states an official communique issued in Northern Ireland, "considerable damage was done to industrial and residential property. A number of lires were started and it is feared the casualties will bo heavy.''

An official communique dealing aiso with raids on Britain states: "During the night enemy activity was on. a considerable" scale and covered many parts of the country. In Britain the main attack was on North-West England, including Merseyside. Eires were started and damage done at several points in this area, and there were a number of casualties. Bombs were also dropped on many other districts during the night, but no concentrated attack developed and the damage nowhere was extensive. The casualties in these and other districts were not numerous, but a small number of persons were killed in a. town in tho south-west of England. Seven enemy bombers were destro3'ed during the night, six by fighters and one by-anti-aircraft gunfire. " t WAVES OF BOMBERS.

A Press Association message says : Battered Merseyside suffered its third successive night blitz on Saturdaynight when a large force of bombers inaugurated the raid with a rain of high explosives. The defences put' up strong resistance but still wave after wave of bombers swept in with a new load of death and destruction.

Flares lit up the scene and showers of incendiaries tell in the residential areas of Liverpool. Homes crashed, trapping men, women, and children. The tire-watchers fought furiously -Mid ambulances raced through the streets, the drivers disregarding their own peril. Rescuers dug for those entombed while buildings were collapsing about them.

Other raiders blitzed north-ea>st England and south and south-west towns. London had its first night alert for a week. Raiders in the north-east dropped explosives and incendiaries at a number of points. Bombs from a great height demolished houses in a coastal town and hit an A.R.P. casualty station, killing and injuring the occupants.

A bomb in another town struck a shelter containing JSO people, killing two and injuring others. Explosives caused casualties in other north-cast-orn towns. Houses in an east coast town were demolished, burying four. Two were dug out hut one died in hospital. A lone raider dropped bombs in a residential district on the south-west coast. A large number of incendiaries were showered on a south coast town and damaged business premises and other buildings, causing casualties.