AIR AŢACK
VULNERABILITY OF PARIS DEFENDERS COMPLETELY FAIL (United Press Association —By Electric. Telegraph—Copyright) PARIS. 30th September. The General Staff of the Air Force was shocked by the vulnerability of Paris to air attack as revealed by today’s manoeuvres. if it were really war. Paris would now be a blazing ruin, says the official report. The entire city would be shambles and there would be tens of thousands of casualties. Lo Bourget aerodrome was chosen to represent Paris and despite a highly organised defence system, only one raider was brought down —140 out of 176 raiding planes readied Le Bourget and theoretically showered 20 -tons of bombs on it. The defending air fleet wandered about the clouds vainly searching for the attackers. Communiques say there is no doubt the manoeuvre produced a disturbing surprise. The defenders had 310 scouting planes and 166 attacking planes, and it was expected the defenders would succeed in intercepting many fifty miles easi of Paris, but with the aid of the clouds, the attackers reached and bombed their objective.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 1 September 1934, Page 7
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