FORGOT THE MOON

Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1935, Page 5

FORGOT THE MOON

AIR DEFENCE OF BERLIN. THE CITY UNDER DARKNESS. By ’T-ei egraph—-Press Assn. —CopyrightBerlin, March 19. Uestoie the thoroughness of every irriher detail in .Berlin's rehearsal against amri atfaxks, General Goering, klimster rfl Asr» to arranging the details comyltetely ervEriocked the calendar. A brilIgEEi fell son shone from a -cloudless dky, "esmfing a conffititxn under winch ■z—*■ atonal air raid would never be fanßTTrtfiwfl. It was pnsrible, despite the SEfetofen to laznps, to read a newspaper hv mrcsfiig-ht. Tn» fl -to squadron -to toe new bomb:—g jjfrMrt, foritotong to 15 fitree-engined jQwnrptan.es, wife a top speed to W, tqßhe an tomr, 27 smaller freighters fe sa arrowhead f ormataon., flew low •OTPer Berito. houseipps fins totemoon. Safifct passenger raaebines -enabled Dr. GoeSbdh!’ gnesis, foreign air attanheE, asad a wforiss rsporier to obtain a Eiirek-eye view to the entire operations. Tl. -ring -two hours pacing at raidriigbr toe Tfffirfc to houses, trains, vehicles isirato Imrpr, were etoinginshad or fiimsaafi Winnows were sareened with baize pzper. AH vehicles moved at : ® rrawTrng para- to enable an mstant hall. sLejhS. wwtoy were -darkened. Kefbffew; iwere pzmted white. ’The 'Writo correspondent to the 'Times ■sxys torst foe parfiripants in foe rehearsal units of the Doberitz Fighting Stosafeon, which Here Hitler christened xtaran von Richthofen, the war ace. General Goering telegraphed to Baron ■KV Ridhtoofens mother: '“The first squadron to .spread its protecting -wings (twsr Germany bears the name to your ■The rsusarsal is being repeated in fee Kfemherg district, adja'-mii to the Templehto aerodrome.