16 news-battleofbritain

Today, August the 16th. It's the great air raids of yesterday and last night, only a few hours past. It is reported this morning that German bombers and fighting planes are again over Southeast British coastal towns.

Berlin says a renewal of the attacks awaits only clearing a mist over the channel. Enroll the Italian High Command says British planes raided North Italy again last night, but there are no details. But now the news direct as reported by Columbia's correspondent, Senator London and Berlin.

I am speaking from a crowded air raid shelter. two forces of German bombers are compliant. The Air Force and the Ministry announced that the RAF had destroyed 144 Alberger and Armada of 147 British fighters.

The Midlands area of England was after three hours. Naturally, there were casualties as yet undetermined. Two nurses were seriously hurt when the sanatorium in the Midlands was hit. But the 330 patients were taking safety to air-age shelter.

Yesterday, the German Air Force launched a 100-mile front, passengers of Air-A-fielders. But before the all-clear signal sounded, the buses were running again, and people stood in little knots on speed corners. London's airport was erected far out, takes a taxi about 20 minutes to get to Croydon, from the city of London.

Unlike airports in America, the Croydon Field is a great expat- I made a familiar trip to Croydon this morning, where, in peace time, big transport planes skimmed off the jet they're holding to Paris. Morning the grass of croydon was colored of dirty greenish white and bomb dumped there last evening things around the vast field were in ruins

An army of tin helmeted air-aid warden for digging and sir period at night in London Last September first warden was matched only by the number of little boys who had made the loan chip out to the farm like small boys The world over these little English fellows were busy picking up bits of rubble as souvenirs