U-BOAT BASE
EFFECTIVE R.A.F. RAID
DIRECT HITS SEEN
TROOPS FIRED UPON
(Rec. noon.) RUGBY. May 2. An Air Ministry communique states: "Yesterday afternoon Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Com- , mand made an effective raid on the German submarine base at Den fielder. "They came in very low through intense anti-aircraft fire to deliver the attack. There were clouds oi smoke, and debris was thrown all over the dock. Direct hits were seen on a power station and barracks and also other buildings. German troops were machine-gunned at Den fielder and on the Island of Texel. "Other aircraft of the same Command carried out attacks on oil storage tanks at Vlaardirigen and enemy shipping off the Dutch coast during the day. An oil tanker of about 5000 tons is believed to have been badly damaged. "During the night aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked the docks at Brest. An aircraft of the Bomber Command is missing."—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1941, Page 10
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155U-BOAT BASE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1941, Page 10
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