SHIP BLOWS UP
ENEMY ESCORT VESSEL’S END.
SUPPLY SHIP SET ON FIRE.
TWO FIGHTERS BROUGHT D(j>WN
(Roc. 2.15.) LONDON, Sept. 7. .An Air Ministry communique states: “Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command, escorted by fighters, attacked an enemy supply ship and escort vessel off the coast of Holland early this afternoon. The escort vessel was hit and blew up. The supply ship was set on fire. An enemy fighter was destroyed by our escorting fighters. “Our fighters also carried out several offensive sweeps oyer Southern France, in the course of which they destroyed a second enemy fighter. “In these operations we lost two Blenheims and one fighter.”—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 280, 8 September 1941, Page 6
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