BLANKET OF CLOUD
BAD DAY FOR FLYING
Rec. 9.30 a.m. LONDON, July 11.. Bad weather over Normandy yesterday cut down air operations to one of the lowest levels since D Day, and this morning flying conditions were even worse, says Reuters correspondent at SHAEF. Clouds were so thick that there was no visibility at all. They hung over the battle zone at a height of only 1000 feet, and at places were even lower. Medium bombers could not get off the ground yesterday, and support for the ground forces was confined to fighterbombers. Despite the bad weather, New Zealand and Australian squadrons of Mosquitoes of the Second Tactical Air Force hit road and rail transport in France last night from Paris to Amiens, Lille, Saint Quentin, and Compiegne.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1944, Page 5
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128BLANKET OF CLOUD Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1944, Page 5
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