Show GERMANY LAUNCHES TEST NAZIS FlAilS EMPLOY PLANES IN MASS A IT ACK British Start Use 0 Of f Stu Ica Dive Bombers LONDON Au Aug 8 t P Fifty II Fifty Fifty- three German planes were destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- in attacks on British convoys convoys conOS con con- voys OS in in the narrow waters of the English channel Thursday inthe Inthe in inthe the biggest series of air encounters encounters encounters en- en en en- counters of the battle for Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain the British officially an an- LONDON Aug 8 INS INS INS- Throwing at least warplanes warplanes warplanes war- war planes into action nazi German German German Ger Ger- man a test blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitz blitz- krieg a against ain t the le Britt isles British h isles le Thursday coincident Thursday coincident with with dis dis dis- disclosure closure losure that Britain is jiow now using ing her own dive dive bombers against German bases At least nine nazi planes fell victim to British guns in a terrific terrific terrific ter ter- battle over the southeast coast Watchers counted 50 German German Ger German man Junkers bombers 60 Hein- Hein kels and as well as other craft being engaged by swarms of British Spitfires and Hurricanes The battle broke out when the bombers covered by fighting planes attempted to attack a convoy convoy convoy con con- voy in the channel and shoot down a balloon barrage shielding a strategic southeast port Foe Scattered Royal air force planes surprised and scattered the huge German detachment while another squadron squad squad- ron non of 12 Junkers planes and dive bombers attempting to attack a convoy fled when they spotted approaching approaching approaching ap ap- Spitfires During the battle the heroism of one British pilot saved a coastal town from disaster officials said The fliers flier's craft was hit by ma ma- gun chine-gun bullets and burst into flames A flaming torch it dived toward a building in the center of the town but the pilot stuck to toto toto toto to his controls and guided the plane to sea It crashed into the surf only 50 yards from shore From early morning until well after noon German planes at attacked attacked at- at attacked tacked shipping ports and convoys convoys convoys con con- voys along the channel and the southeast coast Latest unofficial reports said that 50 planes were engaged in one terrific dogfight over a southeast inland town 4 i British Uses v Use of Britain's St kas counterparts of the destructive 1 German planes which comprise the reich's retch s heavy artillery was artillery was F- F disclosed in in inan an official announcement announce announce- f f f J ment by the adm admiralty ralty tr I Planes of this type attached a to the fleet air arm attacked and arid presumably totally destroyed a gasoline depot at Dolvik five miles south of Bergen Norway |