THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941.
RED SUPREMACY IN THE AIR
Striking Analysis By Major-General Grendal
WHOLE OF ANTI-NAZI LUFTWAFFE INCIDENTS
IN PARIS IN ACTION
“GERMANY HAS FLUNG ALMOST THE WHOLE OF THE LUFTWAFFE - FOUR AIR FLEETS AND ONE "AIR CORPS – AGAINST DECLARED AIR THE SOVIET UNION," MAJOR-GENERAL GRENDAL, OF THE SO- VIET AIR FORCE, IN AN ARTICLE IN “RED STAR" YESTERDAY.
The Swiss radio, under
in Paris," reports a fire the title "New incidents have been alleged to started maliciously in a the 16th Ar- garage in
in Paris rondissement which was requisitioned by the Germans. and investigators found in the gpr
Firemen extinguished
"The first two months of the war against the Soviet Union have shown that the Ger- mans have failed to achieve their chief aimage bombs
undisputed supremacy in the air.
"Aerial battles have proved definitely that the industry of Soviet aviation not only
ploded.
the fire
which Bad not ex
In the Eiffel Tower quarter revolver shots were fired at a Ger- inan:
soldier whɔ: was slightly wounded
In the Bourse district a Ger- civilian was ill-treated, the
Reuter.
man
is not inferior to the corresponding Ger-Swiss radio adds, man industry but on the contrary is superior to it in many ways.
is being the
"The enemy themselves
"No large aerodrome are y forced to admit the superior quali. used by Russia in this war
of bases being small, ty of our 'planes, and in particulas | majority
aerodromes to hold that of our new fighter planes," well-hidden the General continues,
an www.
"In the course of the war our air force has destroyed over 2,000 Our Nazi 'planes on the ground. artillery is also inflicting on the enemy heavy losses.
40 or 50 planes."
M. EGAL
GREETED
SIR GEOFFRY
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
FAR
MAJOR THE AXIS DECLARATION SHIPPING
OF POLICY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
The broadcast which President Roosevelt is expected to deliver on Thursday may be a major declaration of American policy and will presumably.cover the Atlantic situation in the light of the "Greer" incident and the Pacific situation, in which the Ameri- can-Japanese talks are now stalled.
Translations of the speech will be trans- mitted wave in 14 languages. -International News
Service.
Over
short-
GIFTS FOR
BOMBERS
A
gift
ac- of
LOSSES
APART FROM THE FACT THAT, AS STATED BY THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIR- ALTY RECENTLY, OUT OF A GRAND TOTAL OF 13,000,000
MERCHANT TONS OF
SHIP- PING OF THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES, OVER 7,000,000 HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM THE AXIS CLUTCHES TO PLAY A PART IN: THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, THE GER- MANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF PORTS AND SHIPPING WHICH THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CAPL TURED
From Kirkenes to Stavanger and from Den Helder to La Pallice. from Genoa to Palermo and from Catania to Taranto, British air- craft and warships are constantly attacking bases of Axis coastwise shipping, while on the sea itself Axis shipping is suffering losses far greater in proportion than those suffered by Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Six million tons of shipping originally owned by the occupied territories. added to the German total of a little under 41⁄2 million tons, makes just under 11 million tons.
Adding to this the merchant RODERICK EGAL, LEADER
shipping tonnage-of Italy, a little "During the Arst two months
the OF FREE FRENCH IN SHANG- "If The General adds:
under 3 million tons, there is a the Soviet of the war against
NOW IN SINGAPORE, scale of activity on! HAI,
grand total of 14 million tons of Union the Germans lost over tempo and
shipping, available for the Axis. 7,200 'planes
unheard of the front from the Barents Sea WAS RECEIVED ON SATURDAY
tons has Of this four million of £105,782 from result in the history of aviation to the Black Sea continues with- BY ADMIRAL
COMMANDER-IN- for another two or❘ LAYTON, in general and the German air out change
BRITISH NAVAL FOR- Malayan mines towards a bomb- now been captured, sunk or scut- tled, so that the Axis has already kre in particular.
three months, German air losses CHIEF,
CES IN THE FAR EAST, AND er fund has been gratefully
lost two-sevenths, of which a con- will increase considerably.”
BY AIR CHIEF-MARSHAL SIR knowledged by the Minister
siderable proportion, far from be- BROOKE-POPHAM, Aircraft Production. few thousand skilled ROBERT
ing a dead loss, has been added After a
Other gifts include £5,250 from to the total employed by the pilots, the writer continues, "the
WHO CONGRATULAT- the citizens of Harrow (Middle- British. British Wireless. bulk of the personnel of the Ger- EAST,
now consists of ED HIM ON HIS RELEASE.
sex) towards their Spitfire Fund man air furce
During the interview,
which and a further contribution of hustily trained pilots, which must
£30,000 from the inevitably result in an increase of lasted half an hour and
took place at the naval base iternor's War Fund. losses.
Baron,
Madras has now contributed the presence of Charles
£ 299,954 towards General de Gaulle's delegate in
squadron. Singapore, the Vice-Admiral and
Chief Marshal expressed: Air sympathy Lowards the Free squadrons.
"Nazi alr formations arc breaking up under the crush. Ing attacks of our alrmen.
Heavy Losses
von
und 54th "The 51st
Bomber Squadrons of the Nazi Air Corps,
General commanded by Greim, lost during the first day of the war 30 per cent. of their 'planes, and the 57th Squadron 30 per cent.
"The losses of the German air force were heaviest in the zones! of operations of Generals Kessel- ring's and Stumpf's air fleets in the western and south-western directions.
chmitt 109's.
"According to war prisoners the present German majority of the pilots joined the air force either in the latter half of 1940 or the first half of 1941.
Expansion Stops
In
French movement-Reuter.
which
pelled to reduce the scale of its military operations.
Radius Of Action Reduced
"IT IS
to THESE
Madras Gov-
V
ADMIRAL LEAHY
શ bomber
U.S. Ambas- Admiral Leahy, They have already sador to Vichy, left Toulouse on given £800,000 for three fighter his way to Barcelona on Saturday
British Wireless. morning-Reuter.
WIDESPREAD R.A.F.
"It should also be borne mind that prior to the war with the Soviet Union, German aero- plane factories could replace losses of alrcraft only when, part of the air force was in action.
OF IN THE LIGHT
THAT FACTS
ONE "The Germans now ure using
"During
May the period
THE EVALUATE chiefly Heinkel III's, Dornier September, 1940, when practical-SHOULD
OF HITLER'S AIR 215's, Junkers 88's and Messers-ly the whole of the air force was LOSSES
thrown into action, the German | FORCE IN THE WAR AGAINST aircraft industry managed only THE U.S.S.R. with great difficulty to replace "At present
five force is forced to reduce its radius losses, and during these months the expansion of the air of action and force stopped altogether.
from one direction of the front to "During the entire period of the another.
"Even when working at fail European war preceding the at- tack on the U.S.S.R., the losses of capacity Germany's aeroplane fac- to tories are unable to replace her
"The Germans now are doing their utmost to speed up the out put of their new fighters Heinkel 113.
Respect For Red Fighters
the
the German
transfer its units
RAIDS IN LIBYA
air FURTHER WIDESPREAD and successful R.A.F. raids in Libya and the destruction of a number of enemy aircraft on the ground, were announced in an R.A.F. Middle East communique issued yesterday.
"Captured German pilots the Nazi air force, amounted have made statements showing less than 9,000, 'planes, yet in or-rapidly increasing losses.
the "On the other hand our inex- their very great respect for the der to replace these losses
forts and their air force was com- day to day."-Reuter.
new Soviet fightar, which they Germans had to make extra ef- haustible strength is growing from
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The communique says that in Libya R.A.F. heavy bombers, attacked shipping alongside the Spanish Quay at Tripoli on the night of September 5/6.
A mediura-sized merchantman | 6/7 enemy aircraft tried to raid was hit by a bomb and many the Suez Canal aren. Our night direct hits were, obtained on the fighters sliot down two raiders and
damaged others,
quay.
Other R.A.F. bombers ralded a From all these operations one number of objectives. in. Cyren- of our aircraft is missing:
nica. At Derna large fires broke Reuter. out' and' in one of these an ex- plosion took place, followed by showers of sparks;)"
A number of enemy aircraft: on the ground are believed to have been destroyed.
Night Fighters Over
Suez
A motor transport camp south of Berita was also at tacked and firða: rosulted from our" bombings point
RELATIONS
RESUMED
GREECE AND RUSSIA ARE TO RESUME DIPLOMATIC RE- (LATIONS, WHICH WERE. IN- TERRUPTED BY THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE BALKANS.
A Greek delegation, reprosent- At Martuba bombs fell among ing the Government, of M. Tsou- dispersed aircraft and motor deros, will leave Istanbul next transport and the glow of fires week for Moscow led by M. could be seen all over the targetPipinolis, former Greek Minister to the Soviet, who will remain in Other attacks were made on Moscow as Minister, presenting Bardia and the aerodrome at El his letter of credence to Stalin in thra name of King Georgo, of Greece, Reuter
area.
Adem
During the night of September