AIR MINISTRY No.1732. 16/9/40 - No.1. AIR MINISTRY AND MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE. Early yesterday afternoon a large force of enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Kent and attempted to force a way through to the London area. Anti-aircraft defences went into action and the invaders were intercepted and heavily engaged, at the coast by our fighters. In the ensuing battle which ranged over Lent from the coast to the Thames Ea tarry heavy losses were inflicted, on the invaders. The main formation was broken up and many of the enemy were chased, back across the Channel. Some enemy aircraft, however, broke away and flew over the Medway district and the Thames Estuary. Others forced, their way through to the London area where they were successfully engaged by fresh squadrons. Bombs were dropped at several points in and around the London area at many points in South East England. Many small fires and were caused and houses are reported to have been damaged in several districts. In the East and North East districts of London some damage was done to municipal and industrial buildings. Full details of casualties are not available but the number so far reported is not large. Later in the afternoon two smaller attacks were made by enemy aircraft in the Portland and Southampton areas. In these areas some houses were destroyed and a number of small fires were started but were soon got under control. The number of s casualties reported is not large. Reports up to 10 p.m. show that 175 enemy aircraft have been destroyed in the day’s fighting. AIR MINISTRY NO. 1732. 16/9/40 - No.l. AIR MINISTRY MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE. Early yesterday afternoon a large force of enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Kent and. attempted to force a way through to the London area. Anti-aircraft defences went into action and. the invaders were intercepted and heavily engaged, at the coast by our fighters. In the ensuing battle which ranged, over Kent from the coast to the Thames Estuary heavy losses were inflicted, on the invaders. The main formation was broken up and many of the enemy were chased, back across the Channel. Some enemy aircraft, however, broke away and. flew over the Medway district and the Thames Estuary. Others forced, their way through to the London area where they were successfully engaged, by fresh squadrons. Bombs were dropped at several points in and around the London area and at many points in South East England. Many small fires were caused, and houses are reported to have been damaged in several districts. in the East and North East districts of London some damage was done to municipal and industrial buildings. Full details of casualties are not available but the number so far reported is not large. Later in the afternoon two smaller attacks were made by enemy aircraft in the Portland and Southampton areas. In these areas some houses were destroyed and a number of small fires were started, hut were soon got under control. The number of casualties reported is not large. Reports up to 10 p.m. show that 175 enemy aircraft have been destroyed in the day’s fighting. AIR MINISTRY No. 1733. 16/9/40 - No. 2. AIR MINISTRY AND MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE. Enemy air attacks on this country were continued during the night by a succession of small groups of bombers. These attacks were directed mainly against the London area and surrounding districts, but a smaller number were also made against other parts of the country. In London, the attacks were spread over a wide area. Damage was done to houses, commercial premises and other buildings. Once again attacks were directed at hospitals, three of them being damaged by bombs. Throughout the country bombs fell in many rural districts but with little result. In the North-west and South-east of England in South Wales and in some other districts, including one town in the South of England, some damage was caused. One enemy bomber was shot down during the night. Yesterday 185 enemy aircraft were destroyed, seven of them by anti-aircraft guns and the remainder by our fighters. One hundred and thirty one of the enemy aircraft were bombers. Five of our fighter aircraft previously reported as missing have now reported to their bases. Our losses yesterday were therefore 25 fighter aircraft. Twelve of the pilots from these aircraft are safe. 16/9/40 - No. 3. Following is the latest list of British prisoners of war, as received from a German source:- W$hW&d Wood 15th October 1918 113 South Park Road, Maidstone, Kent. i.now er (jGU'JStjj sonL; Jameb j Wylie ! '- 16th October 1921 5 Camden Square, Ramsgate, Kent, Victor Ronald Fitall 15th November 1918 35 -Cheriton Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent. Philip Martin 5th February 1919 49 Victoria Street, Gillingham, Kent. Frederick Dale 27th November, 1918 95 Priory Road, Ramsgate, Kent, Harry Styles 2i-th December, 1905 30 Stonegate Avenue, Neanwood(?) (or Meanwood), Leeds, 7* Albert Alfred Baker 24th July, 1918 156 Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, London, E.17 Marston George Drury 1st April, 1920 3 Hill Farm Road, Whittlesford, C amb ridge shire Harold Sidney Bridger 20th February 1912 Great Chart, Ashford, Kent. Peter Robertson 17th April, 1903 13 Harkness Crescent, East Lothian, Scotland MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. Joseph Harold NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE MORNING NEWSPAPERS OF 17th SEPTEMBER, 1940. OR BROADCAST BEFORE 7 A.M. ON THAT DATE. WAR OFFICE CASUALTY LIST No.45. The Army Council regret to announce the following casualties. The next-of-kin have already been notified. 1. 2. OFFICERS. KILLED (Contd.) KILLED. ROYAL FUSILIERS. ■ AYRES, Fus. L, ROYAL FUSILIERS. COLE, Fus. O.A.F. BERNAGE, 2nd. Lt. R.H. 105019. JACKSON, Fus. W.F. QUENNELL, 2nd. Lt. R.P. 124879. LAWRIE, Fus. H.R. MILNER, Cpl. E. DIED OF WOUNDS. PERRIN, Fus. A.T. ROLFE, L/Cpl. E. LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. SMILES, Fus. E.J. TATCHELL, Maj, G.E. 24297. THOMPSON, Fus. R.W.. WENDON, Gpl. A.F. WOUNDED. SUFFOLK PEGIMENT. GREEN HOWARDS. BLOOMFIELD Pte. H. , ROCHE, 2nd Lt. G.C.A. 88493. DREW, Cpl. D.E.G. STEVENSON, 2nd Lt, J.L. 117387. MARKHAM, Pte. A.E. MIDDLEDITCH,Pte. w. ICING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PERKINS, Pte. P. HAY, 2nd Lt. P.W. 105486, POTTER, Cpl. L.W. STEELE, L/Cpl. P.L. PRISONER OF WAR. KING'S OWE SCOTTISH BORDERERS. QUEEN’S OWN ROYAL TOT KENT REGIMENT. CRAIG, Pte. ' D, COYLE, 2nd Lt. N.H. 90013, HAYWOOD, Pte. D. McKII'.i, Pte. R. WARRANT OFFICERS , N.C.O’ S AND MEN. SEMPLE, L/Cpl. j.C. TAIT, Pte. G.D. KILLED. WILSON, Pte. R. YULE, Pte. G.H. ROYAL ARTILLERY. BENTHAM, Gnr. E.A. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. BOWN, Pte. J.T.W. BRITTEN, Gnr. R.W. DIBB, U/L/Bdr. H.Y. CROFT, L/Cpl. T.G. GUNBY,; Gnr. H.F. HARTSHORN, Pte, H. HUGHES, Gnr. JEWKES, Pte. c. LUCK, Gnr 0 W.E. MILLS, Cpl. T. MURPHY, Gnr .Dvr. 1/ c . D. STACEY, Cpl. W.J. POTTER, Gnr. J.W. TYLER, Cpl. B.F. SAYER, W/Bdr. D. WILLETTS, Pte. D.S. TANNER, Gnr. H. SHERWOOD FORESTERS. WATTS, Gnr.Dvr.i/c . R.E. BUXTON, Pte, w. COLDSTREAM GUARDS. CLARKE, Sjt. w. BARBER, Gdsmn. BJD. DEXTER., Cpl, c.w. BOWLES, Gdsmn. W.H. DON, Pte. W.K. CRASKE, Gdsmn. A.J. FORD, Pte. L. GOOCH, Gdsmn. F.C. HARGREAVES Pte, M. , HAZELL, Gdsmn. C.M. MARTIN, Cpl. w. JUDE, Gdsmn. R.S. SEARSON, Pte. - c. LEE, Gdsmn. A. WALKER, Pte. H. SHUFFLEBOTTOM, Gdsmn. A.W. WORTHINGTON, L/Cpl. n; WARD, Gdsmn c c e 3. 4. KILLED (ContcL. ) WOUNDED. (Contd.) YORK AND IANCASTER REGIMENT. ROYAL ARTILLERY (Contd.) NICHOLSON Pte. G.K. OSTLER Gnr. O.H. QUINTON Pte. C. PETERS Bdr. H. SWAN L/Cpl. B. RAISTRICK W/Bdr. H. 'WAINWRIGHT 1 L/SJt. G.R. RUI.IIER T.S.M. J. WAKEFIELD Pte. J. Sl.ilTIi Gnr. G.H. STREETER Gnr. G.H. QUEEN’S OnN CAMERON HIGWLANDERS. THOMPSON Gnr.Dvr.i/c< . W. JOHNSTONE Pte. J.1,1. VOY Gnr. T. JOHNSTONE Pte. R.A. WEILS Gnr. D.G. ROSS Pte. A. WILCOX W/Bdr. S.D. WILLIAMSON Gnr. E.N. AUXILIARY MILITARY PIONEER CORPS. BRIERLEY Pte. F. ROYAL ENGINEERS. DOONAN Cpl. D. BAIRD Spr. R.O. DYER Pte. A. BLACKBURN Spr. R. EVANS Pte. De BOL. i jiiLL Dvr.i/c G. PARKER Pte. C. BROOK Spr. F. ROWAN Pte. J.M. Cj-ARa. Spr. T.H. SELLERS Pte. J. CLUFF Spr. W. DOCHERTY Spr. W.J. DIED OF WOUNDS. DOLBY Sjt. T. ELDRIDGE Dvr. S.C. COLDSTREAL I GUARDS. FLEEING Cpl. J.W. COCPE Gdsmn. B. FRASER Spr. J.I. GILLIVER SJt. E. KING’S O.7N SCOTTISH BORDERERS. GRINTER Spr. J.G. Pte. V. HALE Spr. L.G. WILSON HAWES Spr. W. OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT HAYES Snr. T. INFANTRY. HOWE l/SJt. W.W. JONES Spr. H. JONES Sjt. J. KERSLAKE Cpl. S. L-IANCHESTER REGIMENT. LAURENCE Spr. W.G. LIVINGSTONE Spr. F* TAYLOR Pte. B. MACFARLANE L/Cpl. J.M. MARRIAGE L/Cpl. E.A. WOUNDED. MARTIN Spr. D.E. MUDGE Spr. H.C. ROYAL ARTILLERY. NEWBURY Cpl. T. AUSTIN Gnr. F. PACKMAN Spr. R. BANKS I/Bdr. R.T. PICKETT A. Spr. BELL Gnr. J. REIIEY R.W. Spr. BOYD Gnr. J. ROBERTS Spr. W. CLARK Gnr. H.E. SHARP Spr. W.A. COL/ELl Gnr .Dvr. i/c. W .L; SHORTS R. Cpl. CROOK Gnr. W. SI IITIi W. Spr. DAWSON Gnr. N. J. TAYIOR Spr. EDWARDS Gnr. E.D. TIMMS Spr. H. FIELD A/Bdr. G.L. FROST Dvr. V/.J. WATT Dvr.i/c. J. HALLY Sjt. J. WHITTLE Spr. J. HEAIE Gnr. R. WILSON Dvr.i/c. L. HOLLIES Gnr.Dvr. R. JACKSON Gnr. G.W. . QUEEN’S ROYAL REGIMENT. KENNEDY Gnr. F. BISHOP Cpl. C.H. LITTLE SJt. S.G. BOUNDARY Pte. A. IIcLACHLAN Gnr• F. CHAPMAN Pte. S.N. i.LET Jl-Fis Gnr. J.H. DWYER Pte. P.J. MUTT I Gnr. J. GLANVIILE Pte. R.S.C. GOODALL l/Cpl. A.E. -5- -6- WOUNDED (Contd) WOUNDED (ContcL) QUEEN’S ROYAL REGIMENT (Contd) ESSEX REGIMENT HODGE Pte. R. BjxRNBROOK L/Cpl. J. HOWARD L/Cpl. A. B.PTLETT L/Cpl. A. . HURST L/Cpl. G. V. BOOikH/iM L/Cpl. R.F. JARVIS Cpl. D. P. CLARKE Pte. R.G. McCOURT Sjt. J. CUTTING SJt. P.C. MANDEVILLE Pte, C.E. HARDMAN Pte. S. MAY Pte. J. IZZARD Pte. P.F. OixKjtjS Pte. T. JOWERS Pte. C.H. PATTERSON L/Cpl. J.H. MASSEY Pte. F.G. PENFOLD Pte. R.L. PARKER Cpl. C.A. THOMAS Pte. L.E. ROOT Gpl. K.V/. TROTMAN Pte. M. WHITE Sjt. W. WHITE Sjt. W.L. THE BUFFS BROWN Pte. D. J, MIDDLESEX REGIMENT COOK Pte. C.J. BAILEY Sjt. J.T. FLECKNELL Pte. F.C. COLE Pte. T.a HAMMOND Pte. A.T. DUNCAN Sjt. E.C. McCORMACK Sjt. F.A. FOSS Pte. F.H. QUINN L/Cpl. J. HENRY L/Cpl. L.J.A. SMITH Pte. H. KIDBY L/Sjt. H. MELLON Pte. J.R. CHESHIRE REGI: ZENT RANCE Pte. A. BAKER Cpl. J. SMITH Pte. D.H. DUKE OF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY QUEEN’S OW CAMERON HIGHLANDERS BAMFTON L/Cpl. E.S. ADDISON Pte. J. BARTLETT Bugler. W. G. BLACKLEY Pte. J. J. 3EENEY Pte. H.V. CURRIE Pte. lx. BRYANT Pte. J. HOARE L/Cpl. B. CRAIG Pte. G. MacDONALD Pte. A. J. EGGLETON Pte. A. J. McINNES L/Cpl. J. JAKEMAN Pte. w. MACLEAN L/Cpl. D. Liu'.IBURNE Pte. A.C.C. McSORLEY Pte. F.A. LOVELACE Pte. H. J. MziRTIN Pte. w. MARTIN Pte. J. A. OMAND Pte. B. MILLS Pte. D. SINCLiilR Pte. D.J. SOULE Pte. A.E. VffiMYSS Pte. L. TIBBITTS Pte. E.E. WILLIAMS Pte. F. J. ARGYLL AND SUTHERLa*ND HIGHLANDERS WOODIER Pte. W.F. ARCHIB.iLD Cpl. W.M. DaVIDSON Pte, J. OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT FRaSER Pte. V/.M. INFANTRY KENNEDY l/Cpl. C. ARCHER L/Cpl. F.J. McINTYRE Pte. K. BUCKLAND Pte. H. J. McMILlAN Pte. R. BURGESS Pte. H. MURDOCH L/Sjt. F. CLUNEY Pte. E.F. SINCLAIR Pte, D. ELDRIDGE Pte. R.E. TRAQUAIR Cpl. J. GRAINGER Pte. S.C. GRIFFITHS Pte. W. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORRS HICKS L/Cpl. H. ASHER Dvr. L.C. KAY Cpl. J. BOWKER Pte. E. LATIMER L/Cpl. L. CLARKE Cpl. L.R. PARIS Pte, iL FENTON Pte. C. THOMPSON Pte. N. HILDER Dvr. R. TOY Pte. N. OLIVER Dvr. J. WORKER Pte. F.W. PROCTOR Sjt. SPINK Dvr. T.G. TOWNE Dvr. J. WRIGGLE SWORTH Pte. J.H. -7- PRISONER OF WAR. DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY* GRAGGS, L/Cpl. A. FOSTER, Pte. S. HALL, Pte. T. HOPKINSON, Pte. Er RITCHIE, ■ Pte. J. SMITH, Pte. w. THOMPSON, Pte. G. TODD, Pte. 0. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. ADAMSON, Cpl. L. BELL, Cpl. A.E. CALLEWEART, L/Cpl. A.H. COX, Pte. T. GLOVER, Pte. W, HOLLIS, L/Cpl. T. MITCHELL, Pte. F. SKELLY, Pte. J. WARD, Pte. B. WIDDRINGTON, Pte. J. YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. ALLEN, Pte. Hr BROOKE, Pte. J. CLAYTON, Pte. P. CRANK, L/Cpl. Jr ELLIOTT, L/Cpl. L. GABRIEL, Pte. J.M. HAGUE, Pte. Ar HARTLEY, Pte. D. KING, Pte. J. MOORE, Pte. L. RYAN, Pte. T.M, WALTERS, Pte. A.HrO. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING. GREEN HOWARDS. BRYDEN, L/Cpl. A.S. CHAPMAN, Pte. GrRr GOTT, L/Cpl. J. HARDY, Pte. J. ROWLEY, Pte. c. TAYLOR, Pte. J.T. WALKER, Pte. p. WARE, L/Cpl. p. WATERS ON, Pte. A.L. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 1734. 16/9/40 - No. 5. Air Ministry News Service. SOUVENIR HUNTERS KILLED. Curiosity led yesterday afternoon to the death or wounding of a number of civilians. Light anti-aircraft guns, near a Kentish town, had shot down a Dornier 17 bomber. The Dornier was flying at only four hundred feet when the opened guns fire. It had already been attacked and damaged by a Hurricane. It crashed in an open Civilians who had been watching to see the space. Dornier’s end at once rushed forward to collect souvenirs. They either did not know forgot that crashed, bomber may contain or a unexploded bombs. One of the bombs went off. Several of the souvenir hunters were either killed or wounded. 16/9/40. - No. 6. "WOOL GATHERING BY CHILDREN" Children are to be encouraged to gather wool from fences, trees, etc., done in the last hedges, as was war. A memorandum issued by the Board of Education to-day (Monday) describes some of the tasks that can be undertaken by school children during the autumn. It is suggested that besides gathering wool, schools should organise the collection of dandelion roots, autumn crocus roots and seeds, acorns and beech mast and horse chestnuts. Gathered wool should be despatched, carriage paid, in bags preferably containing not less than 50 lbs in weight to The Gathered Wool Officer, Cumberland Works, Wool Control, Bradford. There the wool will be appraised at market value and the proceeds remitted. In one county where this scheme was first suggested over 600 IDs. of raw wool was gathered by school children in quite a short time and the sum to be remitted is likely to be as much as £5. The corns and. the seeds of the autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum Autumnals L.) are used, in medicine for making into preparations for gout and rheumatism. The corns are dug up at flowering time in the autumn whilst the seeds are ready in the spring. Dandelion roots are also required for their medicinal value. Acorns, beech mast and horse chestmuts are used for pig food. BOARD OF EDUCATION AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 1735. 16/9/40 - No. 8. Air Minis try News Service. BIGGEST BAG YET. Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Fighter Command yesterday won their greatest victory over the Luftwaffe. They wiped out one third of the German bombers and fighters massed for what was to have been the enemy’s heaviest attack on London. instead of blasting London with their bombs, the raiders had to fight a battle above the clouds which ended in the destruction of 185 of their number - a larger "bag" than on any other single day since the war began. Anti-aircraft guns shot down seven of these the rest fell to fighter pilots. But the gunners believe that, when they have out the wreckage they will be able to add several more to the common sorted total. The enemy’s losses in this battle were more than seven times greater than our of-our fighters missing but twelve of the pilots safe. own. Twenty-five are are The Germans have lost at least 450 trained airmen. Over 130 of the raiders destroyed were bombers. Only fighter pilots know the sweep and range of yesterday’s battle. To Londoners it was an occasional fighter or bomber falling from the clouds. To the man in the Hurricane it after of from Spitfire or was wave wave enemy formations coming the South and East, being broken up, and scattering to the South and East again. Very rarely did they have time to catch a glimpse through cloud gaps of the city they were defending. One Squadron Leader remembers, in the middle of the fight, seeing the neat green dot of the Kennington Oval cricket ground far below him. It flashed at him for a. second before he chased a Heinkel 111 as far as Essex and watched it crash amongst some trees outsidea house. "As it hit the ground", he said, "a tremendous sheet of flame went up and I turned round to look for more raiders. I found one in a bad way being chased by three Hurricanes and two Spitfires. I joined in and we all saw him go gliding down towards an R.A.F. aerodrome on which he landed quite nicely. His undercarriage collapsed and after skidding along for about fifty yards he stopped in a cloud of dust. All of us dived low and saw one of the Germans get out and help a second to towards leave the machine. They they both staggered the hangars." Pilots of a Hurricane squadron have told how they met four hundred enemy from the South-east "stretching several miles" the Greater fighters coming over London area. That was the second great raid of the ay, from about 2 p.m. onwards, the first and smaller part of the battle was fought before noon. As the Hurricane pilots raced to the attack, they saw the four hundred in little of three by three, like sergeant’s stripes. Each group of groups nine, arranged a nine bombers would have, nine Messerschmitt 110 fighter bombers between them, a little head of single seater Messerschmitt 109's circling above them as high arrow flight up as 55,000 feet. As these Hurricane pilots opened fire they could see another fighter squadron of the air fleet five miles to starboard. attacking part same enemy bombers and bombers. Our pilots soon shot down five fighter Other Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons were doing the sane and soon a great enemy formation, which had been flying tightly, loosened up, and broke away, some to the East and some due South. Messerschmitts of not only the well known yellow-nosed There were many colours, Messerschmitt but orange- nosed and red-nosed as well. They white-nosed, even ones and Hurricanes after what fighters called "the first rush”. avoided the Spitfires our /Over •2 None of the raiders flew much and below 15,000 ft many of them kept as high as 30,000 ft, so that this part of the great battle was fought in clear sunshine, at least 4,000 ft above the top of a thick cloud layer. There were no very large ‘bags' of enemy aircraft by single squadrons, though some who went up twice reached double figures. The Spitfires and Hurricanes kept, wearing the enemy down attacking and attacking, bringing down Dorniers, Heinkels and Messerschmitts by ones and twos and threes. They chased them sometimes to the South Coast before they sent them crashing on land or into the sea. Three sergeant pilots ordered, to catch bombers approaching London Docks, sent one of them down over a Surrey aerodrome, another just north of Dungeness, and a third, further along the South Coast. Many Londoners cheered as a Dornier bomber crashed at Victoria Station. The bomber was shot down by a sergeant pilot from West Kirby, Liverpool. It was his first fight. After he had destroyed the Dornier he had to jump by parachute, and landed in a Chelsea garden. ”We were at 17,000 ft when we saw about thirty Dorniers corning towards " London, he said. "We were flying up the river, Which we could see between patches of cloud. The enemy were converging from the South East. I was in the last section of my squadron, and the Squadron Leader lead us into the attack. ”My Dornier took all that I had to give him. Bits flew off him and I broke away, intending to turn round to attack him again. Black oil covered my windscreen. I did attack again but I think it must have been a different machine. Anyway, as soon as I fired a big flame shot up. I must have got his petrol tank." The sergeant pilot then broke away again and turned to make a head-on attack on another Dornier, firing a burst straight into its cockpit. At first he thought a piece of the Dornier had flown off, but then he saw it was a German baling out. So did he pass that he thought near he touched the parachute. A moment later he was in trouble himself. ”As I made my final attack my right wing struck something. I went into a terrific spin. There was no response from my controls and I spun towards the earth. I flung the hood back and struggled to get out. I must have been doing well over 400 m.p.h. when I finally got out of the cockpit. While I was spinning down I went through cloud. When I did get out the wind was so strong it was like a piece of an aeroplane hitting me. "People on the ground later told me that my parachute opened at only three hundred ft. Anyway I know that I was pretty low when it did open, for I should think I floated down for only ten seconds. ”I spun across a house, got my feet down on a gutter, slid, down the roof and fell into the Just before I touched the roof I garden on my back. saw a german machine, no doubt the one I attacked, spiralling down in a most liesurely fashion. "Two girls came to me and saw that I was an R.A.F. man. I was so glad to see them that I kissed then both. 16/9/40 - No. 9. PRESS NOTICE Information has been received that the British s. s. PORT AUCKLAND, which was proceeding down the River Thames during one of the enemy air attacks on London yesterday, shot down an enemy bomber. A shell from the PORT AUCKLAND’s anti-aircraft gun hurst close underneath the German bomber, which caught fire and crashed in flames on the bank of the river. One of the bomber’s crew was seen to bale out. ADMIRALTY, S. W. 1. 16.9.40 No. 10. The Minister of Aircraft Production acknowledges with gratitude the following gifts towards the purchase of aircraft: Mrs Cook ( 80 year old widow) £5 Rubery, Birmingham C.W. Goff TUGNABRUAICH Argyll £25 Mr Mrs and Miss Rae Bishons Teignton S. Devon £50 Cockenzie and Port Seton Fishermens Assn (towards a Snitfire £100 Brigadier C.L. Lindeman DSO £10,000 MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 16/9/40 - No. 11. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN NO. 1736 Air Ministry News Service SECRETARY OF STATE'S MESSAGE TO COASTAL COMMAND The Secretary of State for Air has passed the following message to the Coastal Command:- I have been asked by the War Cabinet to convey to all Squadrons of the Coastal Command their admiration of the skill and courage with which they have carried out the vital and arduous but often unspectacular tasks alloted to them, and of the enterprise and success with which in recent days they have struck at the harbours, shipping and coastal defences of the enemy. 16/9/40 N - o. 12 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR Announced in the B.B.C.'s German Broadcasts. The number of German Prisoners of War announced as being in British hands since the previous list was issued on 12/9/40 is as under:- Air Force - 20 prisoners of war. (Ages from 19 - 30 years) Italian, Prisoners of War. Announced in the B.B.C's Italian Broadcasts. The number of Italian Prisoners of War announced as being in British hands since the previous list was issued on the 12/9/40 is as under :- Army - 15 prisoners of war. MILITARY AFFAIRS 16/9/40 - No. 14. BUSINESS LETTERS TO ENEMY COUNTRIES BOARD OF TRADE WARNING Failure to obtain approval of the Trading with the Enemy Branch is causing considerable delay in the transmission of business letters and cables to France and other places abroad, the Board of Trade points out. Approval of the Trading with the Enemy Branch is essential before communications can be forwarded dealing with commercial or financial matters, the administration of in including property, if enemy territory or territory which an enemy has an interest is involved. Such territory includes unoccupied as well as occupied France. Communications of this kind, unless relate to they copyright, patents, designs or trade-marks, should be sent to the Trading with the Enemy Branch, Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, accompanied by an unsealed stamped and addressed envelope and, if in a foreign language, by an English translation. Postage or cable costs must be provided by the sender. Each communication must be covered by a note either explaining the cir- cumstances in which it is desired to send it, or, if it relates to the subject matter of previous correspondence with the Branch, quoting the Branch’s reference number. Correspondence relating to copyrights, patents, designs, and trade-marks, must be similarly referred to the Patent Office, 25, Southampton Buildings, W.C.2. Communications for transmission to persons in enemy territory must be addressed to a neutral intermediary, save that for the present communications for those parts of Metropolitan France which are not occupied by Germany under the Armistice of 22nd June, 1940, and communications for French territories in North Africa may - at the sender’s sole risk - be submitted under a cover addressed direct to the intended recipients BOARD OF TRADE 16.9.40 No. 15 COLONIES MESSAGES TO THE KING AND QUEEN CONGRATULATIONS ON ESCAPE FROM BOMBS From all parts of the Colonial Empire, telegrams continue toreach Lord Lloyd, the Colonial Secretary, expressing heartfelt thankfulness that the King and Queen escaped injury in the bombing of Buckingham Palace, and indignation at the wanton attack made on the official residence and persons of Their Majesties. Typical of these is the message from the Governor of Tanganyika, who offers "on behalf of the people of Tanganyika an expression of our sympathy and our pride rand admiration for the citizens of London, who, led by Their Majesties the King and Queen, are meeting the barbarous assault of the enemy with inspiring fortitude”. The Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia has passed a resolution praying that ’’Their Majesties will be preserved in safety the groat struggle for freedom”, throughout and expressing” loyal admiration and gratitude for the its inspired example of devotion to duty and courage given daily by them to their Empire”. A telegram from Sierra Leone assures His Majesty "that such acts of frightfulness only serve to confirm the purpose of this ancient and loyal Colony to prosecute the war with the utmost vigour”. The people of Aden, states the Officer administering the Government,” are infuriated at the bombing of Buckingham Palace and offer their heartfelt congratulations to Their Majesties on their escape”. The Sultan of Lahej has also expressed his indignation and associates himself with the Colony’s sentiments,. The Duke of Windsor, Governor of The Bahamas, on behalf of the Government and people of the Colony, has expressed his "deep sense of relief for the escape of Your Majesties from the recent grave danger to which you have been exposed”. Messages in similar vein have already come from the Windward Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad, Straits Settlements, Bermuda, Kenya, Cyprus, British Guiana, St. Helena and Palestine. COLONIAL OFFICE PRESS SECTION 1 6/9/40 - No 18 AIR MINISTRY NO. 1739 AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE Last ( Sunday ) night, the R.A.F. again bombed military objectives in BERLIN, Further heavy attacks were made on concentrations of war supplies, barges and shipping at the dockyards and ports of HAMBURG, WILHELMSHAVEN, ANTWERP, FLUSHING, OSTEND, DUNKIRK, CALAIS and BOULOGNE. Other forces of R.A.F. bombers attacked distribution centres at HAMM, OSNABRUCK, SOEST and KREFELD. Goods yards at HAMBURG and the railway junction at RHEINE were also bombed. A direct hit was made on an enemy warship off TERSCHELLING, An oil tanker and a supply ship in the ELBE ESTUARY were severely damaged. Aircraft of Coastal Command sank an enemy supply ship off IJMUIDEN. Convoys off the Dutch coast were also attacked. Two supply ships were sunk and others were severely damaged. Attacks were also made on the shipping and docks at LE HAVRE where ships alongside the quays and the quays themselves were repeatedly hit. From these extensive and successful operations all our aircraft returned safely. AIR MINISTRY. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 1738 16/9/40 - No. 19 AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE ATTACKS ON ENEMY CONVOYS Aircraft of the Coastal Command sunk a five thousand ton German supply ship lying at anchor at Ijmuiden on the Dutch coast last night. Other aircraft of the Command attacked German convoys, and again struck heavily at shipping concentrations on the channel coast. The first convoy was attacked off the Dutch coast by a Hudson aircraft. The pilot dived on the nearest large ship and sank it with his bombs. Then he machine-gunned an armed trawler and followed this by thoroughly machine-gunning an which was escorting the convoy. After that the pilot resumed his patrol. The second German was stationery off the Dutch coast when it was convoy attacked by another patrolling Hudson at dawn to-day. The pilot dived on one of the ships in the semi-darkness and let go three bombs. One at least struck home, for as the Hudson pulled out of its dive it was peppered with splinters from the ship, which is believed to have been sunk. Last night’s attacks on concentrations of German vessels at Channel ports were made by waves of Blenheims. Two ships were damaged when Blenheims attacked a convoy off Sangatte near Calais. The main attack however, was reserved for Le Havre, where pilots of the first wave of Blenheims four large ships moored along-side the deep water saw quay. the Repeated salvoes of bombs struck squarely on quay and there were fires when the Blenheims flew away. Pilots in the second wave made their attack in bright moonlight. ”It was an ideal night for bombing” said one of them. "He could see the quays outlined clearly in the moonlight and beside them were the dark shadows of ships. Amid intense anti-aircraft fire, the Blenheims dived over the harbour and bombed systematically. Bombs burst among the ships. Direct hits were seen on a "fish-tail” pier, the Jeannes Convert quay, the Quai de New York, and the deep water quay. Damaged ships and shattered masonry and store houses were the results of the bombings. AIR MINISTRY 16/9/40 - NO. 20 PROPAGANDA; GEMS OF THE WEEK ENEMY September 7th - 14th LIFE IN LONDON Deutschlandsender in German, September 15: "A police cordon has been drawn round London, and thousands of police are patrolling the outskirts to prevent a mass flight of the people* Only lorries with coal and. food are allowed to enter the town, and even foreign journalists are forbidden to leave." "London butchers have for some days Deutschlandsender in German- September 12th: been unable to sell fresh meats They had to use up reserves of tinned meat. It seems that these reserves are not too big, since strict rationing of this was immediately ordered." Zeesen in Afrikaans, September 14: "Tens of thousands of people have already caught 'flu in London, where a serious epidemic is raging. The first advertisements for carton coffins have appeared in the 'Times.'" Brussels in French for Belgium, September 12: “Millions of people spend almost all their time in underground shelters, and are unable either to cook or work or to do their shopping. It is impossible to obtain milk or vegetables." German Transocean News Cable, September 13: "Public life of London has now come to a complete standstill. Cinemas and theatres are finally closed down. Traffic with sporadic exceptions is discontinued." Rome in September. 12: "'The London police had to shoot various people who were looting shops and houses that had been evacuated." Rome in Italian, September ll: "Preparing for any eventuality due to the nervousness of the London population, all permits issued to inhabitants of the British capital have been cancelled. The order points out that from now on air raids must be looked upon, as a permanent institution." Rome in English, September 14: "Among the places bombed last night by the German air force in; London was the headquarters of the B .B.C. The building was hit by bombs and great damage was done." 11. HOBSON’S CHOICE German Official News Agency September 14: "London has now reached the stage when it 5 must choose-between the fate of Warsaw and the fate of Paris." ZEESEN broadcasting in Spanish, September 12: "Planes on reconnaissance over London have registered that the destruction is even greater than in Warsaw." 111. THE PALACE BOMBS: Some explanations: *Warschauer Zeitung* September Caption to photographs of Buckingham Palace - “Bombs on Buckingham Palaeo: retaliation for bombs on German national monuments." Deutschlandsender in German, September 14; "The whole story of Buckingham Palace shows all the elements of a plant - so to speak, of an Athenia case on land. The present British Prime Minister has already brought off more complicated things than putting a bomb in a palace Never in her history has Germany attempted to kill the sovereign ... of a state at war with her.” BREMEN in ENGLISH, September 14: “About the bombs which fell on Buckingham Palace: to the German mind it only fair that the ruling and with them the seems class, symbol of their power and royalty, should the risks run same as any poor family." Another rendering, is the gas works or oil dump version GERMAN OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY DNB. September 14th: "Some German bombers of the Dornier 17 type bombed oil dumps near Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon.” Zeesen in French, September 15: "It is known that the palace has several industrial in its vicinity, among them buildings a gas works which has been attacked.” ~ 2 - IV. THE AXIS TELLS THE WORLD: Zeesen in "Germany has need to conduct Spanish, September 13. no any propaganda campaign or to defame her enemies." Bremen in English, September 7 “Rumania has been enlarged to ho real advantage. After various adjustments of her territoty, present frontiers are guaranteed by the Axis and she. is assured of a bright future." Hilversum in Butch, September 12 “Should anyone condemn the methods by which Germany has established a new order in Europe, we would reply that it is not the method but the result which counts." Rome in Italian, September 8 (a) “The Axis powers, once forced into war, transferredtheir aims from the military field to the more important field of international morality." (b) “The Luce was the first to adopt the method of telling the people of events and turning to the people for advice or approval.” V. LONDON CORRESPONDENTS MISQUOTED: Luxemburg in French, September 8 “The New York Times” learns from London that British opinion feels that in the the had of long run the best U.S.A. may have the destroyer deal. The paper adds impression in Great Britain is that the general that the fate of the British Empire is no longer a question of years, but merely of days." Rome in Italian, September 10 “The London correspondent of the ”Neue Zueroher Zeitung” telegraphs that the terror caused by German air raids yesterday caused the Ministries to be completely deserted." Deutschlandsender in German September 11 “The United Press reports from London that a mass flight from the British capital has started." Beutschlandsender in German, September 11 “A Swedish correspondent says that one huge fire follows crater after another. This correspondent, still under the another, one influence of what he had experienced writes: “Once sulphur and fire poured on Sodom and Gamorrah until only 77 just people remained. Now sulphur and fire are raining down on London, but one does not know whether 77 just people will remain this time." MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 16/9/40 - No 21. SYMPATHY FOR TEL AVIV The following telegrams have been sent to the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Harold MacMichael, expressing sympathy with the people of Tel Aviv, who were recently bombed by Italian aircraft: From the Prime Minister; for the Mayor of Tel Aviv: ”Please accept my deep sympathy in the losses sustained by Tel Aviv in the recent air attack. This act of senseless brutality will only strengthen our united resolve”. From Lord Lloyd: "Please convey to the people of Tel Aviv and other places bombed by Italian aircraft my deep sympathy with them in their losses. Please express my admiration for the courage and coolness with which they have faced the enemy’s attack. They are sharing cheerfully with the capital of the Empire an ordeal which, despite the vain hopes of the enemy, will only steel our joint determination to move on inflexibly to final victory.” COLONIAL OFFICE PRESS SECTION. AIR MINISTRY No. 1744 16/9/40 - No. 22 AIR MINISTRY AND MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE Reports so far received show that the number of casualties caused during last night's attacks on London was a little greater than on recent nights but much less than in the first attacks on the Capital. Outside London casualties were very few but some were fatal. It is now known that two enemy bombers were shot down by our fighters during the night. There has been little enemy activity during the day. At about 8 a.m. this morning a force of enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Kent in cloudy conditions but was turned back by anti- aircraft fire without encountering our fighters. Later in the day enemy aircraft, singly or in small numbers, crossed the coast at several points. A few bombs were dropped in various parts of the country but the damage reported is slight and the number of casualties very small. 16/9/40 - NO. 23 AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN NO. 1743 AIR MINISTRY - NEWS SERVICE MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO FIGHTER COMMAND The Prime Minister has sent this the following to Secretary of State for Air, for the Fighter Command: Yesterday eclipsed all previous records of the Fighter Command. Aided by squadrons of their Czech and Polish comrades, using only a small proportion of their total strength, and under cloud conditions of some difficulty, they out to of rags and tatters three separate waves murderous assault upon the civil population of their native land, inflicting a certain loss of 125 (one hundred and twenty five) bombers and 53 (fifty three) fighters upon the enemy, to say nothing of probables and damaged, while themselves sustaining only a loss of 12 (twelve) pilots and 25 (twenty five) machines. These results exceed all expectations, and give just and sober confidence in the approaching struggle. W.S.C. AIR MINISTRY NO. 1740 16/9/40 - NO. 24 AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE HEAVY R.A.F. ATTACKS ON ENEMY DOCKS, RAILWAY CENTRES AND INVASION BASES Invasion bases on the DUTCH, BELGIAN, and FRENCH coast wore again the chief objective of last (Sunday) night's raids by bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. The night’s heaviest attack was directed against the docks at ANTWERP where great fleets of barges and many ships have been accumulated during recent weeks. In a raid, which began half an hour before midnight and was kept up for close on three hours, many tons of high explosives and hundreds of incendiary bombs were unloaded on the docks and shipping by relays of heavy bombers. Bright moonlight in the early stages of the attack clearly revealed the many barges moored in the dock basins and, in spite of fierce opposition by anti-aircraft batteries and numerous searchlights, the bombers repeatedly got through to their objectives and played havoc. Barges which were struck and set ablaze exploded in flashes of flame which lit up the whole of the docks. A goods yard caught fire: buildings were wrecked and a trail of fire, following a aeries of explosions, spread rapidly along the quay side, engulfing warehouses and other buildings in its.course. By 1.30 a.m. one of the main wharves was a mass of flames and other growing fires could be seen in all parts of the docks. Still the attack went on. Sticks of bombs from aircraft arriving later straddled the dock basins and burst on jetties and among the shipping. Further fires and fresh explosions broke out and when, an hour later, the last raider left the blazing dock, the glow of the fires could be seen for many miles out to sea. At OSTEND, shipping and the docks were subjected to a series of intermittent raids by heavy and medium bomber forces over a period of four hours. In the first attack, launched shortly after midnight, a line of bombs burst across the docks in the outer harbour and a second stick, falling across one end of a basin, struck what appeared to be a large transport vessel which immediately caught fire, Following attackers straddled the basins and fishing wharves with lines of high explosive bombs and started a number of fires which later, merging into one great blase, lit up the clouds five thousand feet above the town. Other bombs caused heavy explosions which were seen by one aircraft while it was still fifteen miles away from its target. The attacks BOULOGNE were delivered by a force of medium bombers. on Visibility in the moonlightgood and making full use of the available cloud, the bomber pilots was attacked their target by diving through gaps and climbing quickly back into cloud cover after dropping their bombs. Repeated hits wore scored along the sides of two of the main basins on shipping, on the jetty formerly used by cross channel steamers and on the southern half of the Mole, The pilot of one of the raiders, after releasing his bombs, continued his dive and carried out a systematic machine gun attack on searchlights which were at once doused. At DUNKIRK, extensive damage was caused by medium and heavy bombers which scored direct hits on docks and harbour equipment. One tremendous flash seen from twenty miles - away - was caused by a violent explosion which broke out at No. 4 Dock, Here a fire was still raging more than two hours later. In the raid on CALAIS and FLUSHING, bomber crews reported frequent hits on the docks and quay side and many outbreaks of fire. Ships alone; quay at Calais are believed to have been set on fire and a white fire which broke out on the edge of the West Basin was still burning strongly thirty minutes later. 2 BERLIN was again visited in the early hours of this morning by a harassing force which bombed military objectives to the north west of the city, Tempelhof (Berlin’s main airport) and also attacked a power station which had been, damaged in previous raids. The raiders, whose visits gave the Berliners their first two alarms in one- night, were met with anti-aircraft fire, "but none of the aircraft was hit. A thunderstorm over the city caused one engine of a bomber, which attacked the Tempelhof aerodrome, to cut out as the crew were approaching the target. Continuing his run, the pilot unloaded his bombs on the aerodrome and flying at five thousand feet, succeeded in maintaining this height on only one engine for forty five minutes until the second engine picked up again. In the course of attacks on German rail centres other heavy bomber forces raided OSNABRUCK, where a stick of heavy calibre bombs was seen to burst across a goods yard and SOEST where heavy explosions occurred in a railway yard some time after bombs had been seen to strike the target. At KREFELD fires were started, a goods train standing in a yard was hit and six buildings collapsed when a stick of bombs fell across them. At HAMM - which has been described-as "the nerve centre of German rail transport” - a fire started in the sidings could be seen from twenty miles away. A goods train sightedon the COESFELD-DORSTEN LINE was machine-gunned from engine to guard’s van by a bomber which dived from two thousand feet to five hundred feet above the train. During an attack on the long range gun emplacements on CAP GRIS NEZ, near Calais, searchlights adjacent to the guns were bombed and extinguished. The surrounding woods were set on fire and the emplacements were left encircled by a fire which was visible many miles out to sea. Successful attacks oh enemy shipping were a feature of the night’s operations An enemy cruiser sighted off TERSCHELLING ISLAND just before midnight was hit by a high explosive bomb from a heavy bomber which at once came under intense fire from the warship. The bomber had the leading edge of its starboard wing and part its tail unit shot away, a landing wheel punctured and many bullet holes in thewings but, despite the damage, was brought safely home to its base. A supply ship of about seven thousand tonswas attacked by another heavy bomber OFF GERMAN COAST and left in a sinking Condition after several direct hits had been scored on it. A six thousand ton oil tanker, seen steaming westwards without lights, was also intercepted and attacked withbombs and machine-gun fire from a height of only five hundred feet. Two direct hits were scored, one on the after part of the vessel arid the other amid-ships. TELEPRINTED IN AIR RAID SHELTER 16/9/40 - 25 AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN NO. 1741 Air Ministry News Service. OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE DOMINIONS PRESS THE RAID ON BERLIN The Dominions were strongly represented in last nights adventurous flights over Germany. One of the angriest in the R.A.F. is New Zealand who men a Wing Commander was five minutes flying distance from his main target in Berlin when one of his engines froze up. instead” "I had to let go my bombs on an alternative objective/he said, "and flew up out of the soup on one engine. After about ten minutes the other engine picked up again although it commenced to bit and headed for splutter a we home. "I had had such had Bremen The never a pasting as we over on our way back. ” tail plane was riddled - the pilot showed, his flying suit, A piece of shrapnel came into the cockpit, tore the fur from his coat collar, hit the armour plating behind the seat, tore some more fur- from the observers flying suit and then landed 5 on the navigate?’ s table, » my second pilot, also a New Zealander, was in the front of the machine and a piece of metal came through the glass at one side, whizzed past his nose and went out of the other side. It missed him by a fraction of an inch”. A young pilot from Ottawa also told of his seven thousand foot dive near the mouth of the Elbe with his controls frozen-. "I in the front at the the looking out to was turret time, testing gun and what kind of landfall we Suddenly I realised from the rush of see a were making. the wind that in dive and I scrambled back to the we were a spinning slightly, cockpit. In the dive it felt like climbing a wall and I found the second pilot trying his hardest the machine back level, I got alongside him to get on a keel, and helped to pull, and at about seven thousand feet the aircraft came out but not before the fabric had been stripped off the ailerons and pact of the main plane. "There it is,” he said, " it looks rather like a Christmas tree". The bomber towed its way to the hangar. The fabric was being past us on hung from it in Even the ribs of the ailerons had been smashed, continued the pilot "and back for "I dropped my bombs into the sea," came three hundred miles or so to my base. The aircraft flew all right but needed its normal cruising speed. Before landing I asked the power to keep up some crew in turn whether they would to I realised landing might be sticky cane jump as a without ailerons. They each said, 'no, we have come this far all right without ailerons, we'll chance it '". The pilot made a safe landing. Another New Zealander figured in a third, incident while over Berlin, he was searching for his target when one engine stopped.. They continued to as arch for ten minutes, found the Tempelhof Aerodrome, dropped their bombs on it and then turned for home. They gained some height before releasing the bombs and after about hours an flying the engine restarted and functioned normally. AIR MINISTRY. 16/9/40 - No. 26. CAIRO COMMUNIQUE. The following communique was issued today in Cairo: Egypt - Although main enemy forces appear to he consolidating position round Solium strong elements of armoured fighting vehicles are now in contact with advanced troops about luq-Buq our Throughout yesterday the enemy was successfully harried by the R.A.F. and by artillery fire from our mobile guns. Other fronts quiet. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. Monday, September 16th 1940. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. NEWS BULLETIN No. 109. The' Minister of Aircraft Production acknowledges with gratitude the following gifts towards the purchase of aircraft: - Simonas Gitkinas, London (a Lithuanian) £J: E.K. Oole & Co., Malmesbury, £l3. 10. 0,; . Ottershaw Telephone Exchange, Chertsey, £3O: No. 2 Mixed Training Battalion, R.A.S.C., £5O: P.S. Hamilton, Canada, £100: L.J. Farey, Chicago (an Englishman who fought in the lastwar), £2oo Ministry of Aircraft Production. c - M.0.1. 1. 1 DOMESTIC POULTRY KEEPERS COUNCIL. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries has appointed. Mr. A.G. Walkden, to be additional member of the Domestic Poultry Keepers’ Council, the M.8., an setting up of which w.s announced yesterday. - Ministry of Agriculture. M.0.1.2. BATHING IN 'THE SERPENTINE, Sunday, September 22nd, will be the last day of the mixed bathing season at the HydePark Serpentine bathing enclosure. On and after Monday, September 23rd, bathing by men only will be allowed from 7 a.ru to B.JO a.m. on week-days and from 7 a.m» to 9 a.m. on Sundays. - Office of Works M.0.1. 3» FOR HORNING PAPERS ONLY, THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS NOT TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE CLUB TAPES OR BY BROADCAST OR IN ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER, 1940. PURCHASE TAX. The Treasury hereby give notice that pursuant to the provisions of Section 19(2) of the Finance (No, 2) Act, 1940, it is proposed to lay before the House of Commons a draft list more particularly defining "essential diugs of an exceptionally oestly character” (Seventh Schedule, Class 19) which shall be exempted from Purchase Tax. PROPOSED LIST OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS. Arsphenamine and its derivatives?. Oxygen Bromethol, Pituitary Extract Chloroform (anaesthetic) Procaine and Salts of Proc;line Cocaine and Salts of Cocaine Sulphanilamide and its Desoxycorticosterone acetate derivatives. Ether (anaesthetic) Suprarenal Cortex extract. Ethyl Chloride Sera Hexah arb i t one Vaccines Insulin Liver Extract and Active Principles of Liver Hormones, natural or synthetic s.ind preparations thereof, including Liver Extracts and active principles of liver, and Insulin and its compounds with protamin end zinc c make Any representations which interested parties my desire to in regard to this proposed list should be addressed in writing direct to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, Custom House, Lower Thames Street, E.C.3, not later than Ist October, 1940. - Th: Treasury, S.W.I. M.0.1. 4*