DAYLIGHT SWEEP
R.A.F. OVER THE CHANNEL
(Bnttsn otnciai Wireless.i (Received February 12, 9.40 a.m.) RUGBY, February 11. An Air.Ministry communique says that three sweeps were carried out by the R.A.F. on Boulogne, Dunkirk, and Calais, when two enemy aircraft were destroyed. The sweeps were carried out in daylight, although not on a large scale. Reports show that bombI ing of docks and shipping was most effective. Little fighter opposition was encountered, but in the attack on Calais there was a considerable amount of anti-aircraft fire. Three R.A.F. fighters are missing.
The R.A.F. raid on north-west Germany last night coincided with one of the longest periods of radio silence of many German wireless stations. The majority went off the air at 8 p.m., but radio stations in eastern and southeastern Germany continued until the early hours of this morning.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1941, Page 7
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