OFFENSIVE SWEEP
R.A.F. OVER FRENCH COAST
(Rec. 1 p.m.)
RUGBY, May 29
Squadrons of the R.A.F. Fighter Command carried out an offensive sweep over the French coast yesterday, shooting down one of the latest German fighters, a MelO9f. and damaging several others.
The Messerschmitts were seen below the British fighters, whose pilots report that the Spitfires were definitely superior to their foes. They returned without a bullet-hole.—B.O.W,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 8
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67OFFENSIVE SWEEP Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 8
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