THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941.
RED SUPREMACY IN THE AIR
Striking Analysis By Major-General Grendal
WHOLE OF ANTI-NAZI LUFTWAFFE INCIDENTS IN ACTION IN PARIS
The Swiss radio, under the title "New incidents
**GERMANY HAS FLUNG ALMOST THE WHOLE OF THE LUFTWAFFE — FOUR AIR
have been alleged to FLEETS AND ONE AIR CORPS AGAINST in Paris," reports a fire THE SOVIET UNION," DECLARED AIR started maliciously in a MAJOR-GENERAL GRENDAL, OF THE SO-garage in the 16th Ar- VIET AIR FORCE, IN AN ARTICLE IN "RED rondissement STAR” YESTERDAY.
in Paris which was requisitioned by the Germans.
Firemen extinguished the fire
"The first two months of the war against 'the Soviet Union "have shown that the Ger- and investigators found in the gar-
ploded. mans have failed to achieve their chief aimage bombs which had not
undisputed supremacy in the air.
"
HX
In the Eiffel Tower quarter revolver shots were fired at a Ger- was slightly wounded.
In the Bourse distričt a Ger- man civilian was ill-treated, the Swiss rádio adds. Roûter.
'Aerial battles have proved definitely an soldier wh that the industry of Soviet aviätiön nőt only is not inferior to the corresponding Ger- man industry but on the contrary is superior to it in many ways.
"The
is being enemy themselves
"No large aerodrome are t forced to admit the superior quali-used by Russia in this war the ty of our 'planes, and in particular majority of basés being small, that of our new fighter planes," well-hidden the General continues.
in
"During the first two months the Soviet of the war against Union the Germans lost over 7,200 planes
unheard of result in the history of aviation in general and the German air fered in particular.
"In the course of the war our air force has destroyed over 2,000 Nazi 'planes on the ground. Our artillery is also inflicting on the enemy heavy losses.
"Naxi air formationa are breaking up under the crush ing attacks of our airmen.
Heavy Losses "The 51st and 54th Bomber Squadrons of the Nazi Air Corps, commanded
General by
von Greim, lost during the first day of the war 30 per cent. of their 'planes, and the 57th Squadron 50 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.
"The Germans now are using chiefly Heinkel III's, Dornier
aerodromes to hold
the
IM. EGAL
GREETED
40 or 50 'planes."
RODERICK EGAL, LEADER General adds: The
OF FREE. FRENCH IN SHANG- "If tempo and scale of activity on HAI, NOW IN SINGAPORE, the front from the Barents Sea WAS RECEIVED ON SATURDAY to the Black Sea continues with- BY ADMIRAL SIR GEOFFRY
LAYTON, or for another two out change three months, German air losses will increase considerably."
FAR
MAJOR THE AXIS DECLARATION SHIPPING
OF POLICY
LOSSES
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
The broadcast which President Roosevelt is expected to deliver ton Thursday may be a major declaration of American policy and awill presumably cover the Atlantic situation in the light of the THE ATLANTIC, THE GER "Greer" incident and
the Pacific situation, in which the Ameri- can-Japanese Tolk s are now stalled.
Translations of the speech will be <trons- mitted over short- wave in 14 languages. --International News Service.
GIFTS FOR BOMBERS
from
APART FROM THE FACT THAT, AS STATED BY THE? FIRST LORD "OF 'THE ADMIR- ALTY RECENTLY, OUT OF VAK GRAND TOTAL OF 13,000,000) TONS OF MERCHANT 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
UNABLE MANS HAVE BEEN TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF PORTS AND SHIPPING WHICH THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CAP- TURED.
From Kirkenes to Stavanger and from Den Helder to La "Pallice, from Gerton to Palermo and from Catania to Taranto, British air- craft and warships are constantly attacking bases of Axis coastyisa. 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.
Sixmillion tons of shipping originally owned by the occupied territories,' added to the German total of a little under 4 million tons, makes just under 11 million tons.
Adding to this the merchant shipping tonnage of Italy, a little under 31⁄2 million tons, there is a grand total of 14 million tons of shipping available for the Axis.
Of this four million tons ha now been captured, sunk or scut,» ac-tled, so that the Axis has already
of
--COMMANDER-IN- A gift of £ 105,762 CHIEF, BRITISH NAVAL FOR- Malayan mines towards a bomb- CES IN THE FAR EAST, AND er fund has been gratefully
lost two-sevenths, of which a con- BY AIR CHIEF-MARSHAL SIR knowledged by the Minister
siderable proportion, far from be- BROOKE-POPHAM, Aircraft Production. After a
skilled ROBERT few thousand
ing a dead loss, has been added pilots, the writer continues, "the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Other gifts include £6,250 from to the total employed by the WHO CONGRATULAT- the citizens of Harrow (Middle-British. British Wireless. bulk of the personnel of the Ger- EAST,
of ED HIM ON HIS RELEASE man air force now consists
sex) towards their Spitfire Fund During the interview, which and a further contribution ot hastily trained pilots, which must inevitably result in an increase of lasted half an hour and which £30,000 from the took place at the naval base infernor's War Fund, losses.
Baron, the presence of Charles General de Gaulle's delegate in £299,954 towards a bomber Admiral Leahy, U.S. Ambas- Singapore, the Vice-Admiral and squadron. They have already sador to Vichy, left Toulouse on Air Chief Marshal expressed given -£800,000 for three fighter his way to Barcelona. on Saturday
towards sympathy
Free squadrons. British Wireless. morning.-Reuter. French movement.-Reuter.
"According to war prisoners the majority of the present German pilots joined the air force either in the latter half of 1940 or the first half of 1941.
Expansion Stops
In
the
pelled to reduce the scale of its thilltary operations.
Radius Of Action Reduced
It should also be borne mind that prior to the war with the Soviet Union,' German 'aero- plane factories could replace); losses of aircraft only when parti of the air force was in action. "During the period May to THESE September, 1940, when practical- SHOULD -
Madras Gov-
Madras has now contributed
V
ADMIRAL LEAHY
WIDESPREAD R.A.F.
DS IN RAIDS IN LIBYA
"IT IS IN THE LIGHT OF ONE FACTS THAT
EVALUATE THE
215's, Junkers 88's and Messers-ly the whole of the air force was LOSSES OF HITLER'S AIR
chmitt 109's,
"The Germans now are doing their utmost to speed up the out- put of their new fighters the Heinkel 113,
thrown into action, the German FORCE IN THE WAR AGAINST aircraft industry managed only THE U.S.S.R.
air with great
replace difficulty to
"At present the Germanı losses, and during these five force is forced to reduce its radius!
another.
...
months the expansion of the air of action and transfer its units from-one direction of the front to "Even when working at full capacity Germany's aeroplane tac- "Captured German pilots the Nazi air force. amounted to tories are unable to replace her
Respect For Red Fighters
forte stopped altogether.
"During the entire period of the European war preceding the at- tack on the U.S.S.R., the losses of
have made statements showing less than 9,000 planes, yet in or rapidly Increasing losses.
"On the ot r hand our inex their very great respect for the der to replace these losses the
forts and their air force was com- day to day."--Reuter.
new Soviet fighter, which they Germans had to make extra ef-haustible strength le krowing from
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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.
The communique says that in Libya RAF. heavy bombers attacked shipping alongside the Spanish Quay at Tripoli on the night of September 5/6.
A medium-sized merchantman (6/7 enemy aircraft tried to raid was hit by a bomb and many the Suez Canal area. Our night direct hits were obtained on the fighters-shot down two raiders and
damaged others. quay.
Other R.A.F. bombers raided a From all these operations one number of objectives in Cyrèn-of our aircraft is missing, alca. At Derna large fire broke Reuter. out and in one of thesi in 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
RELATIONS
RESUMED
ARE
GREECE AND RUSSIA TO RESUME DIPLOMATIC RE-
A motor trandport camp |LATIONS, WHICH WERE IN- South of Dorna wwas also at-TERRUPTED BY THE GERMAN tasked and fires resulted from INVASION OF THE BALKANS our bombing.
A Greek delegation, represent- At Martuba bombs föllámong - Ing the Government of M. Tróu- dispersed Anirórafts and motor deros, will leave Istanbul next transport and the flow of fires week for Moscow led by M. could be seen all over the target Pipinolis, former Groolt Minister area.
to the Soviet, who will remain in Other attacks were made on Moscow as Minister presenting Bardia and the aerodrome at his letters of credence to Stalin in Adem.
the name of King George - of During the night of September Greece, Reuter.
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