Indecisive Air Battle At Verdun
LONDON, April 24. A report from the headquarters of the British Air Force in France states: “British and German fighter patrols fought an indecisive action in the neighbourhood of Verdun. “One Messerschmitt 110 is believed to have been shot down. “One of our aircraft was set on fire by enemy action. “The pilot escaped by means of his parachute. “There was activity by artillery on both sides between the Moselle and the Blies. “Enemy patrols were repulsed to the west of the Vosges. “There was an exchange of riflefire along the banks of the Rhine.”
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Northern Advocate, 26 April 1940, Page 5
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