DAYLIGHT RAIDS BY R.A.F.
ENEMY BASES BOMBED
(British Official AVireless.)
(Rec. 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 7. An Air Ministry communique states that yesterday aircraft of the Bomber Command carried out daj light attacks oil Ostend. Calais, and Boulogne. Shipping and barge concentrations at Harlingen, Stavoren, Enkhuizen, Dordaekht, and Den Helder were bombed. At Den Helder a direct hit was registered on a supply vessel. The aero - drome at'Diepliolz (AVestern .Germany) was also attacked.
In the course of these operations a Blenheim bomber engaged and shot down an enemy fighter. None of our aircraft was lost.
A Hudson aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked two armed merchant vessels off the Dutch coast yesterday morning, and the ships put up an intensive protective barrage. AVhile diving to the attack one of the Hudsons was hit and set afire; nevertheless the pilot, with great gallantry, pressed home the attack. His flaming aircraft eventually turned over and plunged headlong into the sea.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 8 October 1940, Page 7
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