HEAVY DAMAGE.
AIR FORCE KEEPS UP ATTACK.
28 GERMANS SHOT DOWN.
(Received Tis Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, . May 27,
An announcement by T the Air Ministry states: “Last .night bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force attacked aerodromes in the hands of the enemy, including those of Flushing, Brussels and Antwerp. Operations ’ were also continued against the enemy’s lilies' of communications in Belgium and Western Germany. Hits were made on railway junctions and sidings, convoys and armoured Vehicles. An anti-aircraft battery was put out of action. Later in the evening much damage was done by medium bombers to a concentration of enemy mechanised vehicles near Boulogne. To-day’s bombing operations have been carried out against various objectives in Flanders. So far all our aircraft have returned safely.
“Preliminary reports show that 28 enemy aircraft have been destroyed or seriously 7 damaged by our fighters .today. One patrol of Defiants shot down five enemy bombers. Five of our lighters are reported missing.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 196, 28 May 1940, Page 5
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