ATTACKS ON ENGLAND

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21159, 8 July 1940, Page 8

ATTACKS ON ENGLAND

RELAYS OF NAZI RAIDERS DRIVEN OUT TO SEA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, July 7 Relays of enemy air raiders appeared over north-east England early this morning. Searchlights picked up a number of them and anti-aircraft fire drove them to sea. Reasons why German pilots have had difficulty in finding their targets in raids on Britain were given by a commentator in a broadcast from London today. People in Britain, the commentator said, were wondering why machines of the Royal Air Force were able to raid successfully German areas, and yet, according to British reports, enemy aircraft dropped so many bombs in open fields while | over Britain. He had confidence in these reports. Firstly, British pilots were better trained and had better machines than the Germans. Secondly, Britain was one of the most difficult countries in the world for airmen to find their way about. The commentator said he knew of cases in which experienced British pilots who had flown in different parts of the world, who had got lost in the course of short flights over Britain. Roads in Britain were a poor guide. They were narrow and winding, and from the air communications were like a tangle of little lines- Communications in Germany, however, could be picked out more easily by airmen.