SEVERAL BASES BOMBED.
AIRPORT AND AERODROME.
L’ ORIENT AGAIN ATTACKED.
(Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.)
LONDON, December 6
Aircraft of the Coastal Command are officially stated to have carried out a raid on an electro-chemical factory at Eindoven yesterday. The Rotterdam airport and the Haamstede aerodrome were also attacked. Other Coastal Command aircraft bombed the submarine base at I>’Orient.
Owing to had weather last night, bomber operations w T ere cancelled. Two of our aircraft are missing from routine patrols.—British Official Wireless.
EIGHT ITALIANS DOWNED.
SEVEN OTHERS BADLY DAMAGED AIR BATTLE IN ALBANIA. (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, December 6. It is now confirmed that in the air battle between a formation of Royal Air Force fighter aircraft and a large number of enemy CR42S and G 505 fighters in south-western Albania on Wednesday, eight enemy aircraft were shot down and destroyed. Seven others were severely damaged and were seen to be in difficulties. Several more were also damaged. All our pilots and aircraft returned to their bases.—British Official Wireless..
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 49, 7 December 1940, Page 5
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