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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the headline: "Germany's Sunday Price Was 185 Planes-A Record - Wong-To-Wing Raid Routed" and the report at top right: "Dornier Squadrons Smached Before Reaching London" |
(The figures, presumably provided from the Air Ministry, claims that 185 German aircraft and 25 British aircraft had been lost on Sunday. Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind; the most accurate numbers I can locate indicate that the Germans lost 63 aircraft in combat and 4 in non-combat incidents. Those figures include aircraft that made forced landings due to combat damage, but were not shot down outright. R.A.F. Fighter Command losses were 28 in combat, 2 in non-combat incidents and 1 was a total constructive loss due to battle damage. Sept. 15, 1940 would mark a turning point in the Battle of Britain and has been known since as "Battle of Britain Day.") |
Also note the report in column 3: "Thames Steamer Gets a Bomber" |
(The freighter, Port Auckland, was credited with shooting down one of the attacking German aircraft. The ship was sunk by U-305 on St. Patrick's Day of 1943.) |
Also see the report in columns 3-4: "Capt. David Niven, The Film Star, Is To Wed A W.A.A.F. |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Only £445 Now Needed For Spitfire" |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the headline: "Ivnasion Expected Hourly" |
(Another warning about the invasion that never was.) |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Conscription Will Become Law at 4 O'clock Today" |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Goering Flies Own Warplane Over London" |
(This report comes from an authorized, but unidentified, German source. I can find no official German source which confirms that this ever happened. I suspect this was a propaganda piece put out by Goebbels, but the entries for Sept. 1940 from his personal diary were lost during the war, so I cannot confirm that. It seems very unlikely, considering Göring's size, that he would be a good fit inside a German bomber. Also, considering his position in the Reich [Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich and head of the Luftwaffe] I find it unbelievable that he would, or the Führer would allow him to take such a risk, considering the losses the Luftwaffe was sustaining. Finally, if Göring had pulled off such a stunt, it would have been the headline in every German newspaper. There is no mention of this in the next few days.) |
Also note the report in column 1: "5,000 Dead Of Cholera in Fukien" |
(The report states the outbreak started in Hong Kong, where of 450 cases, 75% were fatal. In some of the rural areas the locals were; "burning joss sticks and paper and discharging firecrackers in an attempt to exorcise the evil spirits they believe responsible for many deaths." The last sentence says; "Health authorities are innoculating every one possible and are taking other preventive measures.") |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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(Click below for part seven of "Our Country" a twenty-four part series, written by twenty-four different authors, describing what America means to them. Today's piece was written by Philip Wylie.) |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Harlem's Black Eagle Challenges Nazi Air Head" |
(Col. Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, a member of the Ethiopian Air Force, who had fought against the Italians, claims that Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, had accepted a challenge for a duel in the air. There is no evidence that Göring had accepted or had ever heard of such a challenge, but it makes a good story.) |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Fortsetzung der Vergeltungsflüge gegen London unter schwierigsten Wetterverhältnissen. |
(Continuation of retaliation flights against London under the most difficult weather conditions.) |
2. Nach 4 Tagesangriffen 9 Studen Luftalarm! |
(After 4 days of attacks 9 hours of air alarms.) |
3. Börsenjuden wollen englische Hauptstadt verlassen.) |
(Jews from the stock exchange want to leave London.) |
4. 79 Feindflugzeuge vernichtet. |
(79 Enemy aircraft destroyed.) |
[As stated above, R.A.F. Fighter Command losses were 28 in combat, 2 in non-combat incidents and 1 was a total constructive loss due to battle damage.] |
Sept. 16, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ein schwarzer Tag für das empire. |
(A black day for the Empire.) |
2. Weitere schwere Bombenangriffe auf London - Italien überschreitet die ägyptische Grenze. |
(More heavy bombing raids on London - Italy crosses the Egyptian border.) |
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