FIFTH VISIT OF WAR
AGAIN OVER BERLIN BRITISH BOMBER LEAFLETS DROPPED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 28. For the fifth time since the war began a British bomber flew over Berlin again on Tuesday night. Thousands of leaflets were dropped over the principal streets of the capital as well as squares and this time many searchlights roamed the sky as the plane swooped low over the city, but only one beam held the aircraft for more than a few seconds. There was again no challenge by enemy planes and only one anti-air-craft burst was fired during the flight. The British plane approached Germany flying high, but passed over Berlin and Hanover at a lower altitude. ACCOUNT IN BERLIN Reed. Mar. 1, 12 noon.) BERLIN, Feb. 29. A German communique states: “Some enemy planes flew over northwest Germany on the night of Tuesday and early on Wednesday. Two flew via the Dutch-German frontier.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20185, 1 March 1940, Page 5
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