Show Goering Pilots Big New Plane In London Lon on Inspection Trip By PIERRE J. J HUSS B BERLIN Sept 16 INS UNS INS Indi Indicating cating that the first important stage stage- of the battle of Britain now has been reached It was revealed officially Monday night that Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Hermann Goering made a personal personal personal per per- inspection flight over oven London London London Lon Lon- don Sunday night At the controls of one of Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's newest and mightiest bombers the bombers the Ju Junkers 88 Goering personally piloted the hug airplane from a German air field I ld across the channel around th the Metropolitan London area and then back to the reich Goering's plane was escorted only by two destroyers destroy destroy- ers ens one on each side bf of the bombIng bombIng bomb bomb- Ing plane officials said The marshal dropped his plane to a low how altitude for a comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive compre compre- survey it if was said His cruise took him over every important section of the city the official announcement declared The usual antiaircraft fire greeted his plane but hilt n no- no hits hits' were wate scot scored d. d Continued on Page Two Column en e V VJ i I J Stage Longest Day Raid Over London in 5 Hour Attack Continued from Page Face One opened fire tire in reply to a B British bombardment Dull explosions were heard on various sides as the Germans made sporadic attacks during the fourth raid Which began at p. p m. m Machine gun gun fire tire the racing of motors and moderate antiaircraft activity sounded on all sides Only scattering antiaircraft fire was heard in London's three earlier alarms Mixed with the sounds of aerial warfare was the occasional burst of time bombs dropped in previous raids Smashed Into School Two of these exploded In southeast southeast southeast south south- east London in a little over an hour One demolished some small houses and broke a gas main The Theother Theother Theother other tore away the rear of a Catholic school German planes still were reported report report- ed over London as the raid continued continued continued con con- into its fourth hour al although although although al- al though for some time comparative quiet had reigned in the center of the city The press association reported a single bomber div dived d from the clouds over one residential district and nd dropped its load A mother was reported killed when her home one of three hit 4 I was shattered Her three children were treated for shock at a hos hos- pital Authoritative quarters meanwhile meanwhile meanwhile mean mean- while said they believed Adolf Hitler's plans for an invasion possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly this week had been seriously impeded by the cumulative effect of intense nightly bombings of barge concentrations ships docks oil supplies and other transport facilities at t all his jumping off places on the continental coast The big German shells fell tell In Dover streets crowded with shoppers shoppers shop shop- pers as es correspondents in the invasion invasion invasion in corner of Britain continued to report movements of many German troop carriers of all shapes and sizes close along the French and Belgian coasts under cover of night t and mists Replying to British Shells It was understood that the German German German Ger Ger- man guns were replying to a bombardment bom born of the French coast by British range long-range guns which fired tired about two dozen shells across the channel For the first time in weeks heavy rainfall partly shrouded the activities at Hitler's Bitle's bases across the channel Veteran seamen hoped a stiff soon would pile up waves on the French coast which would make impossible any imme flume diate thrust across c o s the narrow waters German sources said that heavy bombers had been taking off in a steady procession since early dawn and that a rolling air barrage was being leveled at Britain These thrusts followed a nine anc anca end and enda anda a half hour night attack and a series of Sunday mass raids in which the British claimed their greatest air victory of any single day of the war war German planes shot down on British soil Time Bombs Dropped in the long night attack attack attack at at- tack was a hour half-hour silent raid in which large numbers of time bombs or duds were dropped on London without exploding The government acknowledged that many buildings in London had been damaged during the to dusk-to- dawn raid exceeded only in duration duration duration dura dura- tion by the minute hour attack one week ago but the admission admission ad ad- mission was accompanied by claims of the greatest royal air force victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory since the the battle battle of Britain be be- gan During the night attack which I began at p. p m. m and continued to 5 35 a. a m. m the Germans changed their tactics and resorted to the use of small formations which hammered at London's defenses at regular intervals Struck Other Areas The raiders also struck at numerous numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu other areas in northwest and southeast England and and South Wales but the government said that most of the bombshells fell tell in rural areS and that damage was not riot extensive One bomber was reported shot down during the night Among the buildings damaged by high explosive or incendiary bombs the government listed three hospitals which were not identified by name private homes and commercial premises Terrific gunfire echoed in the metropolitan area at intervals throughout the night but comparative comparative comparative com com- quiet prevailed in central central central cen cen- London during the later hours of the alarm Duri During g the daylight raids Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day two heavy bombs and a number number number num num- ber of incendiaries were dropped on Buckingham palace already bombed twice previously The king and queen were not I at the palace when the projectiles came screaming from the skies None of the missiles exploded but butone butone butone one fell in the queens queen's apartment causing considerable damage |