R.A.F. OVER GREECE
Corinth Canal Blocked (Rec. 7.35): LONDON. Sept. 14. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Cairo correspondent says: It is learned that R.A.F raids on the Corinth Canal in Greece have been considerably heavier than was at first realised. Damage done is expected to put the waterway out of action for many weeks The heaviest damage was done on Monday night. September 8. when bombers blasted the canal banks with 32 tons of high-explosive Some bombers 'descended to a thousand feet. The canal had already been blocked bv a previous raid. It showed up. like a silver streak m brilliant moonlight. Some bombs. »■ is stated, fell within 50 feet of the canal lip. causing immense landslides. Other bombers dropped mines.
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Grey River Argus, 16 September 1941, Page 5
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