2500 PLANES DOWN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 2 August 1941, Page 6

2500 PLANES DOWN

AXIS LOSSES IN SEVEN MONTHS OPERATIONS AGAINST BRITAIN j 308 LOST LAST MONTH ( Rec. 1.50 p.m.) Rugby, Aug. 1., Exa m inn lion of published figures of Axis aircraft losses in operation against Britain during the first seven months of 1911 shows that i more than 2500 have been destroy- 1 ed by Britain alone. The figures for July, as far as can he ascertained at present, show that 433 enemy planes have been destroyed in all theatres of war for the loss of 308 British. ! The gradual increase in R.A.F. losses i I during the year is an indication of the ' i growth of the British offensive, both | by day and night, against Ihe enemy. Despite the fact that the R.A.F. has been fighting more and more over | enemy territory as the year advanced, j the average rate of destruction of Axis ! planes has been well maintained. British losses, though steadily growing with the increased violence of the | R.A.F. attack, are not comparable with the rate of destruction inflicted on the I Germans when, during the Battle of Britain last autumn, they were carrying out similar tactics.