R-BOAT SUNK
Others severely damaged.
BOMBED OFF COAST OF FRANCE.,
THREE ENEMY PLANES-DOWNED
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 29.
Fleet Air Arm Albacores sank at least one R-boat and severely damaged others in a convoy of about 12 off the coast of France last night. The boats were first attacked just after midnight, about three miles off Ber Ck. When a second attack was made four hours later the boats were (according to one Albacore pilot) “milling around in a complete shambles, following one another like sheep. In the centre of the circle was an R-boat blazing furiously amidships. We cannot definitely claim more than one sunk but the damage to the rest must have been severe.”
Mustangs of the Army Co-operation Command destroyed an enemy bomber in the Nbith Sea this afternoon.
A Typhoon of the fighter command intercepted and destroyed twe enemy fighters in the- channel this evening.— British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 170, 30 April 1943, Page 3
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