PERILS IGNORED
ALLIED ARMY CHIEF JOURNEYS BY AIR GERMAN LINES CROSSED VISITS TO ARMIES (Reed. Mav 29. 9 ann.) ‘ PARIS, May 27. The Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces, General Weygand, flying through a hail of anti-aircraft fire and dodging German warplanes, visited the Allied armies in northern France and Belgium. General Weygand left Le Bourgct airport in a bomber with an escort of six Morane fighters. The escort encountered violent antiaircraft fire crossing the German lines. Then a patrol of Messerschmitts sighted the convoy, but the Moranes put them to flight. General Weygand embarked in a destroyer at a nearby port after a conference. German warplanes were raining bombs on the district, but the French anti-aircraft guns kept them away while the destroyer sailed off.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 7
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125PERILS IGNORED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 7
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