9/6/40 No. l. I:QPJIJITY CARDS. The Registrar-General wishes to remind the ::_Jublic t hat the Military as vrnll as the Police are now empowered to demand the production of National Registration Identity Cards~ As these powers may be widely exercised in future by botll the Military and the Police, the need is ernphasi:zed for all persons over 16 to rorry their Identity Cards about with them. ++++++++ This script should be .9/ 6/40 No., 2. carefully checked with the actual broadcast. GUPPLEMENTA:'.:Y PENSIONS. Lorc1. Ruohcliffe, Chairman of t:.0 As sistance Board, broadcasting today after the 1 p.,mo nevrs bulletL1, SL"'.icl :­ I want to sneak f'or• a :fmv moments to those of you who are old age pensioners -to those who ar c :1j_kc1jr tc qualify shortly for an old age pension -and to won:cn of E:o year's o:f age or more who are getting a widow's pension. U-o till now it has lxrnn the duty of local Public Assistance Authorlties to give ac1di tional help to pensioners who 11verc in need of it. This is now to be alt eredo After the beginning of August the duty of helping old age pensioners will rest upon the Assistance Board. The Board will be able to give help in the form of a supplementary pension which will be payable week by week at the Post Office in the same way as the old age pension itsclfo A large number of pensioners arc already getting outdoor relief from the Public Assistance AuthoritieB in addition to their pension., In their co.sc the officials of the Authority will tell them exactly what they have to do to get a supplemcmtnry pension in future from the Assistance Board~ In addition there are no doubt many old age pensioners who are in need, but who~ for one !'eason or another, have not applied for outdoor relief~ If they wish to apply for a supplementary pension all they have to do is to go to the P0st Office -any Post Office ­and ask for a form on which they ap?lY~ When this form is filled in it can be sent to the Assistance Board post free in an envelope already addressed1 which will also be suppliedo The Post Office will also give you~ if you ask, a leaflet explaining the new scheme, and I strongly advise everyone who thinks of applying for n supplementary pension to get this leaflet and read ito The scheme is not one for increasing all old age pensions, but is one for hclpinG old age pensioners :wh'O are in needo The leaflet which you can got from tho Post Office gives full de tails, and I thinJ:-you will be able to see for yourselves whether a supplementary pension can be granted in your caseo Of course, everyone r:ou2..d li.lrc to have more to spend than they have already; but tho leaflet shculd make it clear whether your circumstances arc such that it iE v10rth your while to applye It will snvo trouble also if, vhcre husband and v1ife are both old age pensioners~ only one application is sent in; this will do for both. The scheme covers tho whole of Great Br·itain and a similar scheme has been set up in Northern Ireland. Xt will come into effect in th8 first week in August and it is ex_._.;0ctcc1 that forms of application and leaflets will be in the Post Offices early next week. MINISTRY OF HEAI!Ili. (Assistanc6 Board.) The Air Ministry regreta to announce the following ca.'sualties on vari0us da' ::;s. 'I:'he 1iext:; of kin have been informed. The names cf' ·;f _.'icers and aj_rrnen who lost their lives while flying in 0~9eratJ,on1:. against ·che enemy appear under the heading 1 'Killed in Action i I'l1e n '--'mes of thos e who lost their lives in other o forms duties JRNS UT'I1:CRILL RAIG-ADAMS ARWOOD ROMGOOLE ACKSON ;Jj\1}\:INS OSSE ARSH LDACRES :CED OSE . KELTON MITH HORNTON ELFORD UNN :LARKE ,AKER IROWN :uNNUTGHAM ;J:LLBY [UI,T.'fTIR ~001 · of flying duty or by enemy actL,;.r\ ;-~'hile carrying out non-flying appear under t he heading 1 !:~.illed. on Active Service. f 5J.5G76 90094 3 41672 370U5 42461 43018 580289 359518 580966 70511 25132 39901 89147 00026 625669 39[)88 Sergeant R$ Leading Aircraftman c. Pilot Officer M.A. J:i..,light Lieutenant C. s.. Pilot Officer I. Pili) ·:~ (jfficer F.S. Sergeant S~W. Ser•geant P.W. Sergeant A. Pil ot Officer L~J. Flying Officer A.P. Flying Officer F.C. } : 11,ight Lieutenant G.F.A. j/J_~ring Officer M.F.C. Aircx:ilftman 2nd Class 11'1. Flyj_ng Officer J.H. 563464 i3ergeant WoMcK. 37960 .'."cting Flight Lieutenant T.H. PREVIOUSLY REPCJRTJ;~D f MISSING' NO\'/ REPORTED -~Yit"LEI5IRAi;:ffci\P_. 533587 70794 58C784 531::,55 ;;;c'u58 (6015 Leac-i,ng Aircraftman H.R,. Pil ot Officer W.S.F. Sergeant P.. c. ~ircraftman 1st Class D. Flyine Officer H.G. Fil0t Of ficer G.A.H. WOUND?JJ OH INJURf~_p_ _::UT_LQJION. BENZI:G mrnm:;9:s -CJl.RFX CJ-1.RLSON DIBNJ'JI ·sBERT GI BBS GRF.EN HOGG HUMPHRIES HURNDJJ.11 HUTCHINGS JIGFFREY Jor:r:-;s JONES L;,NG MOE( PAC?, RI CHE"'!. SAUNDERS SU'r TON WIGGLESWORTH YiILLiiJ'1S 'ilRIGHTSON DURIE IvicELLIGOTT 31.NDERS 'NOOD i·~PPL:C'l'ON BDSB""'ELL DIXON KLIPSJH UIMMO .;.D·fil AI NS\"/ORTH .:J..DERSON JJ..EX/.NDER I'.NDERSON ;.S!T.TON Bl~ILLIE ;,UBERT B,\RB:C:2. B.t'i.RRn Ts: BAXTER B,:1.\'BUTT BEJ:lNETT BOON BOWLES BRI'l'TON BUR~ELL BURY \ 42185 551290 43132 40207 42675 580060 551131 901,".:4 76910 566 >::'7('! 2 5:1.16 43481 551363 ;::.3 2905 561J.83 5L_b4 898 629157 39 243 39'75'1' 5G4781 41962 f_'";37;;4 t) 61 91181 580332 Pilot Officer J. I,eading Aircraftman T,O. Pilot Officer F.R.,D.F.M. Flying Officer D. Pilot Officer R.H. Sergeant G.H. Leading Aircraftman P,A. ~lying Offic6r C.E. Pilot Officer G,F. Sergeant L.J.W. Flying Officer J.w.w. Pilot Cfficer w.c. Loading Aircraftman A.c. Corporal H.R. Sergeant T. Loading Aircraftman R.T. Aircraftman 1st Class T. Flying Officer T.G. Flying Officer P.H.M. Ser geant R.J. Pilot Officer F.B. Leading Aircraftman T. Aircraftman 1st Class B. Sergeont L.H, 421J.'.3 40630 ,il872 39771 Pilot Officer R.A. Pilot Offic0r J.J. Pilot Officer R.A. Flying Officer E.E.A. 28170 ,. eting Flying Officer C.F.G. 5517..15 ;1rcraftman 1st Class R.T. 56354 5 f,ergeant K, 562397 Gergec.nt J.L. ;)90 31 J?lig~i-c Lieutenant H.T.J. ;;,s1cn 1~ergcant D., A. 507775 r) orporal E.T. 413(-)1 J ilot Officer R.D. 546762 J"~oading l.ircraftman L.J.R. 580£~6!) 3er gcan 1.:, D.H.J. 524 225 ~lorgeant W. 65181£· ( ..;r poral T. 4066,1. ~ lying Officer J.K. 40507 / ~,ilot Officer J. 564b63 '.C'emporary Flight Sergeant T.W. 519168 J1e ading Air1 craftman L.J• . 58C~ 1 l. ~ lcrgcant P.. l,,.M. _, -) 7 7 ....____ '•, • 1 :-·t O.f.±'ice11 D. S.H. 40'19? 90120 '~0809 5664') ~' 93'715? 5366?';i 411( ~,;g Pilot Of ficer L.L. S11ur-,;_p .n Leader R.J. Pilot Officer H.D. 8(.;rgcant PoH• J.cading A:i.rcraftman C.F. Leading ~ircraftman D.Mch. Pilot Oificer A.C. BUTLER BYRNE CARTER CAZENOVE CHAPMAN CHRISTENSEN CHRISTIE CLARK CLARK CI,EAVER COLBOURN COLLARD COOK CORRIGAN CRAIG CRESSEY DANIELSON DIBDEN DOLAN DYER EDWARDS EDWARDS EDWARDS ELI,I OT ELLIOTT ETTERS HANK FAGG FBARl\fLEY FLOWER FORBES FORSYTH GILES GLENDENNING GLOVER GOFFE GOTHAPJ)GRAAFSTRA HALLIFAX ¥..AMILTON HARRIS HARRISON HARTFIELD HAWKINS HAYGREEN HIGGINBOTHAM HOLBROOK HOPKINS HUGGETT IVES JACOBY JAMIESON JOHNSON JONES JONES KEATES LAKEN LANG LAWRENCE LAWRENSON LIGHT LINLEY LONG LORIMER LOVEJOY 33182 37595 41375 73727 37718 76458 552522 41986 537378 543680 580435 580892 77351 580641 358376 569878 90248 740433 631053 39073 751003 36151 70200 626895 24205 551709 540232 580369 581174 90252 515004 41996 552111 41843 551547 581060 39381 33404 76906 33449 580653 740678 510166 517848 564208 41703 561177 42346 37782 39880 37855 541005 37741 590275 528054 536507 56177'J 37549 580791 33479 39617 615961 37731 518071 FlvinG Officer, P,S, 'J'.-1lying OfficeI'~ V.G.I..J). Pilot Officer, P,E,G. Flying Of ficer, P.F, Acting Plight Lieutenant, P.G. Pilot Officer, S, 11.ir'craftrnan 1st Class, 'V,A. Pilot Officer, J,A. Coi":;:iora1, R~ S. Leading Aircraftrnan, D,V, Sergeant, C.Eo Sergeant, F.c. Pilot Officer, H,J, Sergeant, E.. P. 8 ergee.nt, A. E, Lee.,1inrr Aircraftman, J_B. Flying Officer, P.J. Sergeant~ LqG.M. P.ircra!:'trnan 2nd Class, M, D, ~lying Officer, J.P. Leading Aircraftman, B.M. ~~lying Officer, J .E, Pilot Officer, T.J, Aircraftman 2nd Class, A,W. SQu2dron Leader, E,n. I,oading Aircraftman., P.,R, v. Leading Aircraftman, ~.J. Sergeant 9 Fo Sereeant jl W.I,. Fl ying Officer, N. Aircr.1ftman 1st Class, R.L, Pilot Officer, M.J. Ai r craftman 1st Class, H,D. Pilot Officer, J.T. Le2&ing Aircraftman, D. 80rr:;can":: 7 AQ C. Flying Officer1 J.W. Pilot Off icer, N,D. Pilot Officer, L.M. Pilot Officer) RvE, fforgeant, j .o Sergc2n-i:. y J"oHo Serg<~<-~1(~ 9 GoDr.F.,M. Sere:;oc.~:'.lt ; AcJ0 Corpo,:al:i Ge. J., Pilot Officer, D.F.s. Sergee.n:J, Ro G., Pilot Qf j icer, L,J, Acting ~Plight Lieutenant, P.A. I1lying Officer, R,H. Flying Officer, F,R. Leading Aircraftman, S, Flying Officer, F.D.D, Fligh~ Sergeant, W,T, S e1"go.:c:1t / A,, K" R. T -~2.dinu; Aircraftman, L. Sergeant~ So Acting Sq_undron J_,eader, H.Y. Ser'Geant,; J aH. Pilot Officer, o. Flying Officer, T.N, Ai PC:.".'E1.ftman 1st Class, H. Flying 0f~~.cer,· R.L. Leaa.1--. I i --~ ·:c..C tman, C,R.A. I.~cLAREN McLEISH IvIACKENZ IE MACKENZIE MADORE MELLOR MOORWOOD MORTON MOULD MURRAY MUR'.L10N -NEALE NE~·'.fBERRY NUGENT OGILVIE 0'.:IEN PARNALL PARSONS PtARSON PEEL PEPYS PERCIVAL PHILLIPS ?rIILLIPS PHILLIPSON PIRIE RAPER RE:GS RJ.:CHARDS RGE TIOG:CRS ROSE ROWSON SAGNDERS SIMMONS SI MS SMILEY SMI TH SMYTH SODEN SCDTHARD SPEAR STAINER SYD:CNHAM TAYLOR THOMAB 1 .J. 11-IOMPSON TODD 'rOJ.lr.Ks 'l'OUGH TRDSCOTHIC VJALK:CR WALKER WATS ON V!Arf.1 TS .,-rn:r·rE "NHIT'I'LE FJILLIAMS \fr. LI, IAMS WCODHOUSE 1fJC OTTON 1i'!C OTTON 4,. 35151 581467 623407 518372 42143 16097 42253 629523 741299 612345 90401 549885 537353 632492 39332 90060 547309 33274 623315 25125 562846 580524 561185 563677 626070 525318 33335 551007 42530 39473 41473 509523 70602 564409 521263 42156 90273 565748 33289 568438 632888 626519 77793 36153 539394 90287 539637 565814 581008 563511 624396 71008 37218 569073 580429 611596 741421 39091 526291 581025 740468 Acting Flight Lieutenant, I.L, Leading Aircraftman, D,L, Leading Aircraftman, A.D. Sergeant, Go Pilot Off icer, G,A. Acting 'Hing Commander, H.M. Pilot Officer, I.e. Aircraftman 1st Class, E, Serge2nt, E.,Ao Leading Aircraf tman, K.E. Flying Officer, P.N. Leading Aircrnftman, R.J, Leadinc Aircraftman, R.H. Aircra:tmnn 1st Class, s~c. Acting Flight Lieutenant, D,W,H. Sq_u2dron Leader, J.B. Leading Aircra:ctrnan, G, R. J. Acting Fillight Lieutenant, C,M, Aircraftman 1st Class, J,F. Flying Officer, S.G.L, Sergc;2.nt, Ft J o Sergeant, AoNo SeI•geant, J .,\'V oBo Sergeant, F.. Aircraftman 1st Class, G,R, Sergee.nt, Go Flying Officer~ v.. Corporal, AoG,. Pilot Officer, V,D,M. Acting Flight Lieutenant, K.R. Pilot Officer, SoG• Sergeant, Ho Pilot Officer, R.L. Sergeant; SoF.. Le8.ding 1, ircraftrnan, A.G. Pilot Officer, J.B. Sauadron Leader, L,E, Sergeant, J.,A. Flying Officer, I,S, Leading Aircraftman, S,B. Aircraftman 2nd Class, H, Aircraftman 1st Class, J.E.W. Pilot Officer, F. Pilot Officer, H.,H, Leading ~P.,ircraftman, E,L.H, Flying Officer, M.H,B, Temporary Corporal, H. Sergea:nt, S"' L, Sergeant, j~ o W~ • Sergeant, H., ~.\. Acting Corpcr.al, L. Flying Offil.er, T.w. Flight Liou ;enant, G. ''{• C,. Leading Air;raftman, C,G. Sergeant, C\ , To Leading Ai . ·craftman, P,R,, Sergeu.nt, f.,L,.C. l«'lyj.ng Off l cer, o. L.. Sergeant 1 l.'. ., Sergeant, !·10Co Sergeant, J ., '.,-,r o 5. MISSING BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. ~LL )URGEOIS CKSON )UTH lTAR tMSTRONG IULL :IfLAYSON ~SSAGE :GARRY rRPHY ­rGH ISS [ELDRICK iLLIS :GHAM OD RBER 'CKENFIELD .STERLING CAW .AD WYER 'CKLEY 'RRY .Y LCONER USTON RVIS NKINS WTON CLENAGHAN CORMACK GRATH WCOMBE YNE EPHERD 745256 42100 755494 643394 42684 Sergeant, A. Pilot Officer, A.E.Q. · Acting Sergeant, A.R. Aircraftman 2nd Class, R. Pilot Officer, S.G. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. 573130 552518 36268 74703 745111 78255 42882 41474 741743 741434 580852 741861 Leading Aircraftman, E.P. Aircraftman 2nd Class, A.W.A. Pilot Officer, W.D. · Pilot Officer, R.L. Sergeant, R.R. Pilot Officer, A.H. Pilot Officer, J.C. Pilot Officer, D.S. Sergeant, D.A.T. Sergeant, S.T.B. Acting Sergeant, E. Sergeant, H.B. WOUNDED OR INJURED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. 649421 Aircraftman 2nd Class, W.J. 43368 Pilot Officer, B.L. 751371 Leading Aircraftman, S.J. 41307 Pilot Officer, W.D.G. 33197 Flying Officer, I.A. 538782 Leading Aircraf'tman, J.G.W. DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. 78606 749948 41676 748393 128861 201230· 548328 636183 621224 14256 297701 702680 346032 340015 Pilot Officer, M.F. Aircraftman 2nd Class, L.G. Pilot Officer, J.H• Sergeant, J.V.P. Corporal, W.G. Aircraftman 1st Class, s. Aircraftman 1st Class, L. Aircraftman 1st Class, H. Aircraftman 1st Class, T. Corporal, F. Aircraftman 1st Class, J. Aircraftman 2nd Class, L.T. Sergeant, G.L. Aircraftman 1st Class, C.G. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED "MISSING" NOW REPORTED ''PRIS°ONEROF·-wxrfft . AMS 628368 LIS 550453 NRY 621154 DSON 39125 DGE 39098 YRICK 551640 NGOVAN 41449 OMPSON 580843 \IVNSEND-COLES 625503 ess & Publicity Branch, Air Ministry,King Charles Street, Whitehall, s.w.1. th June, 1940. Aircraftman 2nd Class, T.G. Aircraftman 1st Class, A. Acting Corporal, A.O. Flying Officer, A.J. Acting Flight Lieutenant, A.J. Aircraftman 1st Class, D. Pilot Officer, A.W. Sergeant, N.H. Leading Aircraftrnan, R.B.H. 9/6/40 No. 4. The Legislative Council of Trinidad and Toba-go has unanimously passed a resolution, moved by the unofficial members of the Council, approving the :payment of a further sum of one and half million dollars ~£312,500) to the United Kingdom Government as a contribution towards war expenditureo The gift has been accepted by Lord Lloyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in a message to the Governor Lord Lloyd has asked him to convey to the Legislature and people of Trinidad and Tobago the deep appreciation with vvhich he has received their assurance that they are prepared to do their utmost to secure the final victory of our causeo It will be recalled that in November 1939 the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, also at the instance of unofficial members of the Legislature, announced its intention of making a gift of one million dollars (£208,333) for the same purposeo +++++++++++++++ DOMINIONS & COLONIAL OFFICES PRESS SECTION. His Majest:i the KING has been [\ro.ciously pleased to '=l~-!:; :.:'J"7e the undermentionec awards in reco:Jnition of gall2.:0:::.·7 displayed j_n :flyi ng operations a[\ainst the enemy. A;epoipt~.,-~_t}.Q!JDJ~~J]J.Q!l~«?.l~-tt~~Jlt~t in.J.££.ished_§.~v1._ce Order. Acting Flight Lieu.t eno.nt James Anthony LEATHART' Du!'ing May this of ficer led his s..quadron on a large number of 1)i'fcnsive patr'ols over Northern Fro.nee" On one occasion an attack v-:as rnade on o. formation of no less than 60 enen~y ai·;_•cr·afto Jn company v-rith his squadron he has ahot down 1..5 Me.ssersch.rni t ts ~ and possibly one Heinke:l III an& one J'unkers 88 :J; duI'ing the por:i.ou mentionecL A'J/;:;.. ~·;1:~".'.. f'J.aw a traine:r airc:rn.ft tc Gal o.is Mo.r0k aerodrome to rescue a squaa.ron. :;ommander 1rho had ·oeen shot down there but vms uninjure.6.r., Whi. lE i:, t:::i.king off 1 nfter the rescue ? an attack was mo.6.e 'by twelve 1vI.esserschm:Lt t; -109~ s ~ but wit. h great ~..oolness 9 and sk:i.:L::Ul e'ro.si\?e t.o.c;tics F·light Lieutenc.nt Leo.thnr t succoc.ded :Ln sho.1-cinD; off tte enemy c.nd lo.nding again Yvithout; dama30" Subc0q_uent ly 1 he t ook off and flew back to England uncscoPtedc Tbj.s young officer has d:i.s::played great crou.-rage ¥ determinettion ond splendid lec.der-.:iihip" Squo.d.ron Lender Geor•e;c C:am:p"!-Jell T.OMLINSON Th i s officsr :w.s l'.ommanded o. S,q_uo.dron sinco November , t939~ He hns l ed nwne1•ous interception and convoy :i;:>atrols :i and_ also tvro raids over Holland and one over· Brussels. In these ro.i d.s his sq_uo.d~!."on dest royed thirteen enemy aircraf't and damaged n f urther nine "" He hi rnself 9 shot down one enem~/' o.ircrt:.ft end dnrn.sged r.nother,, On two occasions he was forced t o l o.nd in the front line~, but by courageous endeavour he rotm•neU. to his unit in both instnnceso Flight Lieut enant Aclolj)h C ysbert MALAN Du~ing 19L~O this o:t'f:'.ic'·":t:' has led his flight, and on certnir. occo.sions hi s sq_ua dron 1 on "Len offensive patrols in Nor·ther n Jt.::·o.nce ., lie hns personally shot dov-:n two enemy aircraf t and possibly t hree otherso Flight Lieuteno.nt Malnn has displ Gyed greet slc:ill, crnure.ge nnd relentless determinati on in his etttt:t0~cs on the onernyo Flight Li eutenant ·~·.Hl:L.io.rn Ar·c.hu:." TOYNE A.s o. flight. :::;.ommander this officer has co.rried out of:fensi ve pe.trols in G.er mo.n occupied territory in Holland and Belgium~ He hns per sonally shot down two enemy aircraft and hns severely damo.sed c.nothero He hns di splayed out-­standing couro.ge and hi s l eadership has la!'gely contributed to the success achieved b~r his squndron., Ac,ting hrl :Lgh-t Lj.eutenan:; Robert Roland Stanford TUCK . ~his officer led his flight in company with hi.s sq_uad:c•on on tvro offensive :patrols over Northern Fr·ancco J~s a r 8sult of one of' these patrols in whi-;.h the sq_uadron engaged. a f ormation of' some 60 enemy aircraft .• the Sq_uo.d.ron .C:1.;~~l':1t~l~.der we.s later reported missing, and the flight r~omr11c.nder wounded and in hospitaJ... Flight Lieutenant Tu:·:c assumed ccrnmand¥ and on the .following day led the sq_'8.adron, con.8is ting of· only eight aircraft,. on a f\lrther patrol enge.e;ing 8.n enemy formation of fifty aircraft. During the :ss 8D[.;u£?;·3mcY.~ ~, .s ·:-.h'.) ~; .q1_13d_C' \ 1!1 h.e:.s slwt o_..)\VL. ten , .,..,,.., f•·'c "' d.----q -;· -..•. "' ' ·· ~ + 1~a~· .c .. .. o~+ r o . . ,.. n-n..,~ h t enemy o.irci.,_, ) e:.n . l)Oc-1D.l.~( O',J. . U ·JC.\ oJ .• v,,._.~luj · ·J.08 ..' , .J.Lil'OUg OU the combats th:~e 8:1'°:~5_cm' 1i0s c.:::.splo.~rr:;;..'}_ 2-ret.:t cU:.u:;h. a.nd. gallo.ntryo Pilot Of'fice:r John Lc:u.~'Emc::' A.LLEN ThiB 0_1,·ficer y;n::1 ,-j__ L~t~~-.~_ t36 ;-_. o interii ...:;ept, an enemy raider appronchj_::J.g thJ.. '.:> c.nCl badly druno.gea. o:rw encm;v ,J. ~:·' cr:'<.'.f+ , 1..r:1e.:::0upon t r1e ·t:· .::m2.Lnc1t.n' 'Jf the formation a.~l.SC:.pp.so.::ed. :Ul 1A~8 J }".)UC-18., 1:'W·.) ·~~-3.,Y"5 :J.c.1.tEff, i:n company vri.th 8. se c. ~J~·1d rti··~ 1;_, ~~n1:··+:. ) 1:1.e n .:J1...-.·:;-:--t ~3d. n -t,~f<).J~~""":..~:.~~ ai~:acrn~L-~ t ~) Cc:::~ Cl 18 r~~'.io.:""'·:~.}',: Li.er0(t~':Ol1l(~ :1 :Co.;_) tt:.e ·piJ.rpose~ of rescuing a squo.Cx·on. \JomcE1:·1d.e:> v;tJ;j i'.°18.·5.. ·.,Ger. s~1ot down there" T·he traine:-c Lt.:Lrcrc-ti~r~ ~.;-1ciE; at ::c..1(_,_iced. ·:.J~/ ·~,":·if-e·J ve Nf~r.~oerschJn~tt ir-h1" ·1°-~ ·"L '"'kina r,-"'-"' 3..P.L .;>'r\ +i .~. ~0 '-'"'J '> 1-;·"t ·;~ ~ ,..,.,.. Ot'r.:"'1' cer 109 ! s , VI . ~ .._, •..; "--'·-·-.., l D '·' .!. l. etGr ~n :i<':i.l:'d.i ch and r"as pa .ssed a prel:Lminary examination in Per.s::.an ,. Acting Flight I.ieut.a:iant i11.b,,LAN (29) vra.s born at Wellington, South .Atric~a ~ an.cl (3d.ucated at Wellingtsn Public School and on S .. A" Trs.in i ng Ship "GenGral. Bothan,. He had served in the R. N"R fc~ tTio years Tihen he joined the R.A.F. as a pupil pilot in 19j6" Ac+,ing Flight IJieuten::-.nt TOYNE ( 22) a native of Glasgow 1 vms e:luc:atec1 a.t 'vlooa.hoLrne G:covc Schcol~ Apperleyci He joined the ReA.,Fi ., :::ts a pupt 1 pil1'.~ ·:. in 1936 and wa s granted a short service c.omf<1:i ssion trw ss.me y·ear·o -3­ Acting Flight Lieutenant TUGK((23) was born at Catf'ord and educated at st. Dunstan's College, Catford. He was granted a short service commission in the R.A.F. in 1935 and this was extended last year. Pilot Officer ALLEN b23) went into the Reserve of Air Force Officers for training and was granted a short service commission in the R.A.F. in 1938. He was r~portedmissing on May 250 Sergeant PHILLIPS (30) was born at Lucknow, India, and his wi.f'e lives at Sandown, I.o.w. He joined the R.A.F. as an apprentice in 1927 and is now a Pilot Fitter A.E. Press and Publicity Branch, Air Ministry, King Charles Street, London, S.W. 1. _,2._th June , 1940._ AIR MINISTRY N0.866. 9.6.40 '.No. 6. AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE. Throughout yesterday (Saturday) medium bombers of the R.A.F. continued their attacks on the enemy's lines of communication, including road junctions and river crossings 1 behind the fighting fronts. Troop concentrations and columns of armoured fighting vehicles were also sought out and bombed. Two of our aircraft a:re missing. These operations were continued during the night the northern entrances to JI.miens and key points in the Abbeville area were attacked by our heavy bombers. Ammunition dumps concealed in the wooded areas of the Ardennes were blovm up. Other formations of heavy bombers made night attacks on military objectives over a wide area ranging from the Ardennes north eastward to Rhenish Prussia and the Ruhr, Bombing and machine-gun attacks were made by aircraft of the Coastal Comm2~d on oil storage tanks at Ghent during the night. Extensive damage was done and many fires started. All aircraft engaged in these night operntions ho.ve returned. Ten enemy aircraft, including seven bombers, were shot down by our fighters yesterday. Two of our own are missing. 9/6/40 -NO. 7 AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 867 AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE OIL_filORES AT GHENT BOMBED Scores of heavy bombs were dropped last night on the oil depots in enemy-occupied territory at Ghent with effective resultso The raia. was carried out by medium bombers of the Coastal Command, all of which returned without damage. One cluster of oil tanks was already plazing fiercely when the second wave of bombers arrived., They placed their bombs therefore, on other oil resarvoirs silhouetted by the flames. These too, were set alight~ When following aircraft found their targets had been fire~ d.lready they aimed thej.r bombs so as to widen the burning areas ­every time with suc~esso So widespread and high were the flames rising from the oil tanks~ that one pilot in the last stage of the attack thought it would be a waste of bombs to drop any more in the cauldron. The glare of the flames revealed five railway lines, two of which were filled with covered waggons. The pilot was able to obtain very precise results on this unexpected target. As the waggons blew up there was a succ:ession of great explosions. There were explosions also ll f'ollowed by eruptions of black smoke, when another aircraft made four hits on a further section of large oil containerso The pilot of another aircraft released all his bombs in a single salvo and set at least two more oil tanks alight. Then he came down low and pierced other tanks with bullets ·from his machine-guno The escaping fuel was set on fire by tracer bullets and added to the scene of flaming ruin. AIR AFRAIR83 • AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 868 9/6/40 -No.8. AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE R.A.F. PATROL BAG SIX BOMBERS, Eight R.A.F. Hurricane fighters, on patrol over the fighting zone in France, yesterday met a fonnatiOiitl of 20 Heinkel 111 bombers and shot down six. Ten Measerschmitt 109 fighters, vmich were escorting the enemy bombers, were unable to give them effective protection against the Hurricanes' attack. One of the Messersohmitts was also shot dovm. Two of the Hurricanes are m:issing. AIR AFFAIRS 9. 6. 40. -No. 9.i, Not for__p_g_~J.iQ~tion before midnight June 9th-10thr 1940. not to be broadcast before 7 a.m. June 10th. It is learnt in London that a statemerit to the following effect is being given by the .Anglo-French PurchasingBoard to the United States press for publication on June lOth:­ The .Anglo-French Purchasing Board is in a position to state that -thanks to the ruling recently made in Washington regarding the reJ.ease of surplus United States Govermnent equipment and materia~ -the flow of munitions of all ki~a shipped from Alnerica wi ll be immediately augmented. According to information received from Washington certain important quantities of war materials -old, but all in fullyserviceable conditio:..-1 -have been ox• are being declared surplus by the United States Army and Navy. This surplus is beingtaken over by Uni ted States manufactueres in exchange for more up-to-date suppJ:ieso The .Anglo-French Purchasing Board is therefore ne,iotiati ng directly with the manufacturers in questionfor the purchase of this material for use by the Allied Governments. This coming on top of the deliveries against orders already placed directly by the Purchasing Board, and covering as it does a variety of war equipment and material, will enable the Board to conduct its futur8 activities on a constantly widEµiing basis, a basis corresponding not only to the ex-f&nsion of ..American industry, but also to any faci.J.ities that may be granted in -future under the ruling abcut Uni,ted States surplus material. +++++++ 9/6/40 -No.10. I NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE MORNING PAPERS OF JUNE 10 NOT TO BE ISSUED ON CL'Q..B ~.8PES, OR BROADCAST BEFORE 7 a. m. ON JUNE 10~ Ministry of Health Registered School Children to be Evacuated from Greater London Move to §tart on Thursday. The Government recently asked pa!1ents in the evacuation areas who wished their school children to be evacuated to plaoes o~ greater sa.f'ety as soon as the Government deemed that the situation required such a move, to register their children. The Government announced that they were keeping the position affect­ing each evacuation area under daily review, that they would not neoessarily commence evacuation in all these areas on the same date, and that it might be necessary to start the movement from some places at a very early date. Already in the last three weeks more than 50,000 children have been evaouated from places on the east coast and from the Medway towns, and the Goverrunent wish to express their deep appreciation of the cordial welcome and kindly care which the looal authorities and people of South Wales and the Midlands have give~ to these children. They have now decided that the evacuation of Greater London school children who are registered should begin next Thursday morning, June 13th. The movement proposed, involving some 120,000 children, will take six days to complete -consider­ably longer than the move of registered children from any of the other areas · -and in view of recent developments in the war and of the commencement of enemy bombing of England, the Government do not feel it right that this movement should be delayed any longer. None of these children will be taken into the eastern eounties• . They will go west of London, and the great majoritywill9 go to Cornwall, Devonshire, Somerset and Wales. The local authorities in the receiving districts concerned have been informed. The nurribers to be sent to individual receiving districts will not exceed those already allotted to them, and the local authorities of those districts, with the comparatively .long notice which they now have of the arrival of the children, will be enabled to complete their arrangements for the medical examination of the children and for placing them in billets or where necessary in hostels. The Government recognise that the reception of these children will involve trouble to the authorities and householders in receiving districts, but they know that at this time or national emergency the nation can rely on their support in the measures which are being taken to protect the lives of the ehildren and to ease the problems of national defence. The position in all the evacuation areas will continue to be kept under daily reviewo MINISTRY OF HEALTH. 9/6/40 -NO, ll AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN NO. 869 AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE DAYLIGHT RAIDS~,_,T...TE=·R.......,.E·NE........,MY.........,........ UM....,N...,S... ... co...,L.... Enemy transport colwnns were scattered and flung into con:t'usion, lines of tanks were heavily bombed, armoured cars and motor lorries were reduced to twisted wreckage f rom direct hits, troops on the march were machine-gunned, AeA~ guns were attacked and silenced, and a petrol dump hidden in a wood wns blown up, when British Bombers ranged over the right wing of the German onslaught in the region of the Bresle and Somme on Saturday and, in a series of deep and shallow dive bombing attacks, spready destruction and chaos at many points be behind the enemy line. Just before mid-day, columns of German motor vehicles and troops were caught by the British medium bombers on tlle roads between Amiens and Awnale, and within a few minutes hundreds of bombs were falling on and about them. Coming down in a shallmv dive over their objectives, the raiders scored a direct hit on the head of a colwnn of tanks and motor transport vehicles on a road, and one of the aircraft took advantageof the ensuing confusion to bring a machine-gun into play against the mass of vehicles. In the Hornoy region, a few miles north of Poix, a stationary column of lorries was bombed and a direct hit was scored with a heavy bomb on a ro~d and railway crossing to the south-east of the town. As .the raiders swept down to attack an A.A~ battery and transport vehicles parked in a field, they machine-gunned German troops who scattered precipitately. Near Hallivillers, a line of 20 tanks was heavily bombed. Continuing their methodical harassing of the enemy's transport and troops, other formations of bombers took up the attack in the afternoon over the same regionsc Af ter dropping their bombs some of the aircraft later came down to 150 freot to rake their objectiveswith their machine gun-fire. One pilot so.id on his return from an attack on a transport column: "We were flying :pretty low and we let the Germans have it with our gunso There was great confusion on the ground. The whole sky seemed to be filled with enemy machine-gun fire." At a crossroads hear Quevnuvillcrs, half-wny between Amiens and Poix, a long column of t anks, transport vehicles and troops, was severely drunaged nnd broken up, ~hilc nt Namps-au-Val nnother column, consisting of motor transport nnd mobile anti-aircraft guns, wa~ scattered in complete con:usion by the bursting bombs. Lorries belonr,-ing to a colwnn seen movinG along a road near Poix were reduced to scrap iron by direct hit s, and after hits on another column of tanks, the British aircraft flew low over n cross-roads to machine-gun enemy infantry. Troops and transport vehicles c2u~ht in the village of Pissyalso came in for heavy attacks, the bombs fnllinCT right in among them, while tanks and armoured cars ncnr Fr esnoy suffered severe damage. An A.A. battery which ensnsed the raiders from the edge of a wood as they made these attacks was silenced, and when another A.A. batteryopened fire on a bomber, it retaliat ed by ma.king n machine-gun attack. As the aircrnft swooped nver t he battery t wo of the crew were seen to fall beside their guns. A salvo of bombs l aunched on a. tightly packed colwnn of armoured vehicles south-west of Qucvauvillcrs straddled the objective, and elsewhere in the rep;i on accurnte bombing resulted in direct hits and casualties to motorised col ux.ms, both movinc and stationary, on roads, in woods and in vilJ,etr.;oo ~ 2 ­ On one occasion~ it was not even necessary for the raiders to drop bombs to cause disorder. Their appearance alonP. being sufficient to throw the enemy into confusion. A detu chment of cavalry with transports encountered south of Namps-Au-Val stampeded at the approach of the British aircraft and men and horses ran in all directions. Near Airaines, troops left their motor transport standing in the roadway and dived for cover as the bombers flew towards them. Later in the evening, another force of bombers carried out an attack on a petrol dump in a wood north of Abbeville. Coming down on their objective in a shallow dive, they let go high explosives and nearly 100 incendiary bombs. With a tremendous roa~ the dUlnp blew up. As the aircraft, leaving the wood a raging mass of flames, turned for home they were attacked by enemy fighters. One bomber, attacked by a Messerschmitt 109, turned sharply. The gunner, sighting the underside of the adversary at point blank range, got in a quick burst. The enemy aircraft plunged vertically. Two Me.109's then attacked the bomber, b"..it by diving low the British bomber escaped. A bomber in another fonnation suddenly encountered a HenscheJ re~onnaissance airaraft heading straight towards it. The British aircraft at once circled and the rear gunneropened fire at the enemy. The observer of another bomber following oehind saw the Henschel roll over on to its back and then hurtle g:r·dundwa:"ds in a vertical dive. Although no smoke or flames were to be seen it was thought that the German aircraft could not have recovered AIR .AFFAIRS +++++++ AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 870 AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE 9/6/40 -No.12. NIGHT RAIDS BY HEAVY BOMBERS From nightfall until shortly before dawn this morning heavy bombers of the R.A.F. were almost continuously in action against military objectives in Germany and in the battle-zone of Northern France. Enemy re-inforcements moving up towards the line of the Somme offensive were bombed and harassed by machine-gun fire, Ammunition. dumps were destroyed and lines of communication in many parts of the back arens were cut by low-level bombing attackso other sections of the raiding force, penetrating the German defences, attacked marshalling yards and railway junctions at key­points between Rhenish Prussia and the Belgian frontier, settinggoodswaggons alight, blocking tunnels and disorganising rail traff:l:c. On the Somme front, Abbeville was heavily attacked soon after dark by a section of heavy bombers, one of which scored two direct hits on a main railway bridge, completely demolishing one end of it. In a second raid on the town, two hours Jator main roads were hit with high explosive bombs and one salvo, over-shooting the bridge at which it was aimed, apparently struck an ammunication store, for the bomb-burst was followed by a terrific explosion which l..it up the town and violently rocked tbe aircraft uboveo In an attack on Sto Valery, eight miles west of Abbeville, a railway and road bridge over the Somme Estuary were repeatedly hit, one salvo of bombs bursting on top of an anti-aircraft battery which was defending the bridgce A parachute flare dropped after the attack showed that the northern span of the bridge had completely collapsedo I Enemy Enen:w trwi~1ps and sup:[f.L;)' colur!Uls were also located by the light of parachute flares and attacked. Forests and woods in which enen:w forces had sought cover on the approach of hostile aircraft received special attention and were the object of a number of attacks. Bombs dropped on a column of heavy vehicles in the forest of Boulern struck an ammunition lorry which blew up and set the surrounding woods ablaze. Two columns of armoured cars, caught in the open near La Capalle, scattered and made for the nearby forest as salvos of high explosive and incendiary bombs burst among them. A convoy moving towards Bray on the Albert road was repeatedly bombed from a low level, and a few minutes after a salvo had been dropped on moving lights in the Bois de Chimay a series of explosions occurred as arMnunition or petrol dumps went up in flameso Other bomber forces, concentrating on lines of communication in the back areas, attacked road and rail junctions from Amiens to Charleviile in the south to Valenciennes in the Northo Eightdirect hits on a railway junction at Charleville wrecked a mainline track, demolished vvarehouses and set a petrol container' alight. A railway siding crowded with loaded goods waggons was straddled by a salvo of bombs and left blazing. At Valenciennes an oil Btorage plant, bombed by the light of a parachute flare, exploded in a vast sheet of flames which shot up to a height of 500 feet and was visible 50 miles away,. Vvithin a few minutes the area was c'Overed by a vast mushroom-shaped pall of black smoke which towered 7~000 feet into the airo In Germa!lY marshalling yards near Essen, Duren and Euskirchen were among the objectives raided in the early hours of the morning. Large fires, which spread rapidly~ were started on several of the targe·ts. At Vise, 15 miles west of Aachen, after a railway line near a tunri.el mouth had been temporarily blocked by a direct hit, the aircraft dropped its remaining bombs on a railway bridge, demolishing the centre and leaving only the two ends standingo Another of our aircraft, returning from Germany, encountered a large convoy of vehicles near wavre, to the south-east of Brussels. Having no bombs left, the captain of the aircraft decided to attack the convoy with machine-gun fire. The gunners opened fire fvom a height of 150 feet and fer 20 minutes kept up an almost i~ce..ssant fusilade on the convoy. "We used first the front guns and then the rear guns'', said the navigator of this aircraft9 " and we made about six separate runs in all. mach time we flew over the convoy we could see that the chaoswas ino.reasing. In their frantic efforts to get away, vehicles began t~ pile up on each other, blocking the road and hoid}~g up the entire convoy. And what made m~tters worse for them: w-~s that the road was winding and heavily wooded on either side~ ~~ing evasion almost lrnpossibleC>" ~13rey-occupied aerodromes at Abbeville and at Eindhoven in Hollar.q., were also raided during the nieht,. At Abbeville, a fierc~· f'ire was seen to break out followini::s a heavy bombing attac~ while at Eindhoven more than 2 1 000 rounds were fired in the course' of a series of low flying machine-gun attacks on the aerodrome and build;ings. ++++++++ AIR AFFAIRS, : _9'""'/......6-../...,40..___ _..No • 13• OFFICIAL ADMII_MLT"'.f-'-OOMMUNIQUE. Information !'Caching the Adrairalty appears to indicate that there was contact on June 8th between British and Gerraan Naval Forces in Northern waters. No further statement can be made till :full reports are received. ADMIRALTY ·