SMALL RAID ON RUHR
ACTIVITY OF R.A.F.
(Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 20.
An Air Ministry communique states: "A small force of the Bomber Command last night attacked objectives in the Ruhr. None of our planes is missteg."
The Bomber Command last night also laid mines. in enemy waters. One plane is,missing from these operations.
During daylight today Fighter Command aircraft on offensive patrols" over the Channel and northern France attacked two factories, set an E-boat on iire, and destroyed an enemy fighter. One of our planes is missing.
At dusk, our fighters destroyed an enemy bomber off the East Anglian coast. Early last night, an enemy aircraft dropped bombs at a point in East Anglia causing no casualties and only slight damage.-—8.0.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 8
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