FIRST SERIOUS CHALLENGE
Britain Using More Bombers By Telegraph—Pre® Association—Copyright (Rec. 9.38 pm.) LONDON, June 19. The present weight of the Royal Air Force attacks on Germany and German occupied territories are the equal of any against Britain, because the new British-built bombers carry a much heavier load than the Luftwaffe’s bombers, says the aeronautical correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” The Bomber Command will be in a position before August to send as many ’planes to Germany any night as the Luftwaffe sends to Britain. The number of our bombers will then continue steadily to increase. The night operational strength of the Royal Air Force in numbers and weight of attack will actually be greater than that of the Luftwaffe before October, when the long nights return. The most German bombers which ever raided Britain on one night is believed to be 500. The gratifying feature of this week’s relatively small losses in proportion to Royal Air Force offensive has been the the many additional bombers used. Germany s bomber strength has been challenged seriously for the first time.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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