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R.A.F. FIGHTERS HAVE FIELD DAY
LONDON, TO-DAY.
R.A.F. FIGHTER PILOTS CONTINUED TO PATROL OVER THE BATTLEFIELDS IN NORTH FRANCE AND BELGIUM, DESTROYING MORE NAZI BOMBERS, FIGHTERS AND ARMY CO-OPERA- TION AIRCRAFT.
At the end of the day one fighter group had shot down 27 enemy raiders. Another 10 were probably put out of action. During the week- end the same pilots destroyed at least 50 enemy aircraft.
Late at night only six British figh- ters taking part in the battles had not returned.
The pilot of one machine crashed unhurt in France and is safely back in England.
Eight Hurricanes tackled 35 dive bombers-Junkers 87. Patrolling near Arras they encountered the German bombers flying at 1,200 feet about to make a bombing attack.
Hurricane Battles
Six Hurricanes attacked twenty Mes- serschmidt 100s over Hazebrouck and shot down two. In spite of the heavy odds the British pilots came out of the battle unhurt.
Over St. Omer, other Hurricanes at- tacked fifteen Messerschmidt 109s des- probably another troying four and
two.
near
As the Nazi raiders dived the Eleven Hurricanes patrolling
found 24 Junkers 87's British pilots swooped down on their Hazebrouck tails. Six bombers were definitely bombing roads and railway stations destroyed while three more were so and shot down four bombers and pos- badly damaged that they were un-sibly another three. likely to reach their bass.
During the battle one British pilot lost touch with the remainder of the squadron. While
his way making home alone he was attacked by nine German Messerschmidt 109 fighters.
The pilot escaped into a cloud but
Another fighter patrol engaged a
German number of
Henschel 126 aircraft. The army co-operation British pilots shot down alx and a seventh was forced to land and was machine-gunned on the ground. Three Heinkel III bombers were shot found himself close to a German fight-down over northern France by er. At point-blank range he fired a squadron burst from his eight machine-guns and fighters. A fourth bomber was damag- reached home safely.
ed. British Wireless.
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London, To-day.
Remarkable exploits by mem- bers of the auxiliary forces and labour corps in capturing two tanks were told by the newspapers.
The German tanks arrived at a small village near Arras and pull- ed up at a petrol station to re- fuel.
The pioneers, who had been working on the road attacked the tanks with picks and shovels, damaged the caterpillar tracks, disarmed the crews and took them prisoner. Reuter.
London, To-day. Refugees who reached an Eng- lish port from the Belgian coast -to-day said they sawa British fighter shoot down two German planes near the French coast.
Some 130 refugees on a small ship cheered the fighter's double
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Ottawa, To-day. The Minister of Munitions, Mr. C. D. Howe, broadcasting last night, said every industrial and manufacturing resource in Cana- da was being marshalled with all speed to increase the munitions output. Reuter.
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Paris, To-day. M. Daladier, the Foreign Minis- ter, last night received the British and American Ambassadors, Mar- shal Petain (Vice-Premier) and the Polish charge d'affaires. Reuter.
London. To-day. The newspapers this morning ap- prove the energetic initiative of the Government in ordering the arrest of Sir Oswald Mosley and eight of his lieutenants. After what happened in Norway and Holland, the newspapers and think, one can't be too cautious this step, like others taken for the se- curity of the country, is considered na- tural in an abnormal period..
The "Daily Mail” demands that sim- ilar measures be taken against the Communists, beginning with suppres- sion of the newspaper "Daily Work- er." Holland, says the "Mail," fell in five days because no man could trust his neighbour. That must not happen in Great Britain. Every gap through which the insidious agents of Hitler might come must and will be closed Hitler won't conquer us from the rear.
The "News Chronicle” declares the public will welcome... this indication that the Government intend to lay hands on all, irrespective of their class or position, whose liberty if prolong- ed might menace the public safety. In normal circumstances these measures would not be tolerated for a moment by a free people, but the times are not normal and these powers are ne- cessary.
The "Daily Herald" thinks the step will not be criticised. Our cause, which is the cause of freedom, could be mortally weakened if we failed to place under control persons whose conduct can be considered harmful to the public security.-Reuter.
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