Our Superiority in Air Becomes More Apparent

Northern Advocate, 10 April 1942, Page 2

Our Superiority in Air Becomes More Apparent

[British Official Wireless! (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, April 9. Air Ministry communiques during March showed a striking contrast between British and German activity on the Western Front. The month saw heavy raids on the industrial regions of the Ruhr, Cologne and Paris, and the ports of Kiel, Emden and Lubeck.

German raids on Britain continued to be light and sporadic. They seemed partly for reconnaissance hnd partly for propaganda to reassure the German public that Britain was still being bombed. On 15 nights there was nothing to report. On other nights and occasionally by day, a few enemy aircraft appeared in places as far apart as the North Scottish islands nd South-West England. , A feature of some of these fugitiv)isl|> appearances was the attempt to w machine-gun places attacked. Although targets were few, British air defences brought down seven enemy aircraft for certain and damaged others. On the other hand, the British fighters’ offensive against enemy territory was marked by an increase in the power of sweeps. Powerful forces of Spitfires also escorted bombers on day bombing raids. Relative Losses BLK ../ ..// Our fighter superiority was demonstrated whenever German fighters joined battle, and, altogether for the loss of only 28 fighters the Royal Air Force Fighter Command has destroyed 54 fighters and one bomber in offensive actions over Europe since March 14.

The Royal Air Force were over enemy territory last night. Paris radio went off the air at 9 a.m. today and failed to transmit its usual news bulletin. At Sea, Over Germany The Air Ministry communique states that Beaufort torpedo bombers of the Coastal Command yesterday afternoon attacked a convoy of enemy supply ships off the Jutland coast. The results of the attack could not be seen. A strong force of Bomber Command aircraft last night attacked objectives in North-West Germany, including Hamburg. The dqcks at Le Havre were also bombed. Two aircraft of the Coastal Command and six of the Bomber Command are missing. This morning two enemy aicraft dropped bombs on a town on the south edast of England. There were a small number of casualties and some damage was caused.

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