Monday, Jul. 21, 1941

Heavier than Received

At the end of a three-week crescendo, the R.A.F. could point with pride this week to 140 raids, in which it claimed 226 German planes while losing195--a remarkable record considering the fact that during this period the R.A.F. was on the offensive over the Channel coast and Germany by day as well as night. Said Winston Churchill: "We are now bombing the enemy at a heavier rate in discharge of tons of bombs than he at any monthly period has bombed us."

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