R.A.F. BLITZ
OVER 300 BOMBERS GERMAN CITIES GREAT FIRES STARTED ATTACKS ON SHIPS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) , (British Ofiicial Wireless.) Reed. 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 15. “Last night’s operations of the Bomber Command were on a heavy scale and more than 300 aircraft took part,” stales an Air Ministry communique. “The main targets were industries and communications at Hanover, Brunswick, and Magdeburg, and many fires were started. At Hanover these were especially large. “Subsidiary attacks were made on the docks at Rotterdam and Boulogne. Twelve of our aircraft are missing. “Blenheims, operating against enemy shipping off the Frisian Islands yesterday, scored direct hits on a supply ship, which was left in flames and sinking. One aircraft is missing from these daylight operations.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 5
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