Sunday Post - 08.09.1940, Síða 1

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I — 2 Sunday, September 8th 1940 Price: 25 aurar
London’s Biggest Air Raid.
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Hundreds of German bombers attack.
London, September 7th.
London has had its biggest air raid so
far. Late this afternoon hundreds of Ger-
man bombers escorted by fighters made
a series of attacks on the London area.
When each wave had been beaten off more
German formations appeared. The bark of
anti-aircraft guns, roar of engines, burst-
ing of shells and whistling of bombs made
an inferno of noise.
So far there is no news of the results of
this raid.
BOMBS DROPPED IN MOST DISTRICTS
OF ENGLAND.
London, September 7th.
An Air Ministry communique issued
this afternoon states that attacks on Eng-
land during this morning had been on a
reduced scale.
Last night bombs were dropped in most
districts of England but the damage may
be considered small except in a London
suburb where bombs were dropped on a
densely populated working class district.
Several houses were destroyed and there
were many casualties. A bomb hit a block
of flats but by amazing luck only one per-
son was killed. This morning people could
be seen in the streets carrying away what
was left to them of their possessions in
prams and wheelbarrows.
LAST NIGHT S RAID ON BERLIN.
London, September 7th.
A Swedish correspondent in Berlin says
that according to well-informed circles in
Berlin 3 groups of British planes approach-
ed Berlin from the west last night. Two
of them were driven off but one succeeded
in penetrating the city’s defences. The
pilots had to drop parachute flares to find
their targets. After the raid which lasted
three hours the glow of many fires could
be seen in the north parts of the town. As
usually the Germans accuse the British
pilots of having dropped their bombs on
residential areas but an American corre-
spondent says that most of the bombs had
fallen close to military objectives or scored
direct hits on them.
The French side of the English Channel
came in for a heavy punishment last night.
MESSERSCHMITTS OFFERED FOR
SALE.
London, September 7th.
The British are offering two Messer-
schmitts for sale in America. They are to
be sold at £ 25000 each, or — in case of
competition — to the highest bidder. Lord
Beaverbrook will guarantee the delivery
of the planes in New York. The money will
be used to buy planes for the R.A.F.