MOSTLY BOMBERS
THE GERMAN PLANES
BORE FRENCH MARKINGS
LONDON, May 15.
A Cairo message today says that most of the German planes which landed in Syria on their way to Irak were bombers, though there may have been troop-carriers among them. An authoritative estimate gives the number at 30. They used two French airports in Syria, one near Beirut and the other at Aleppo.
According to the Free French agency, the Nazi planes were escorted across Syria by French fighters.
British sources in Syria said that most of the planes landed at Aleppo, after which they were distributed to other airfields in Syria. They are mostly bombers, not troop-carriers, and on their arrival bore French markings.
Reports, ascribed to Jerusalem, that 120 Geman bombers had arrived at Mosul yesterday are not confirmed.
Another unconfirmed report stated that German supply ships had reached Syria with arms. It is pointed out that Germany has only seven supply ships in the Aegean Sea.
According to the Ankara radio, 40,000 French troops are garrisoned in Syria. The French troops are pro-British.— U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 115, 17 May 1941, Page 9
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