Spitfires Busy Across Channel
[British Official Wireless] (Rec. noon) RUGBY, Nov. 16. An Air Ministry communique states that the Bomber Command last night, despite heavy clouds and severe icing conditions, attacked Emden and other ports in north-west Germany. Four of our machines are missing. Spitfires in one operation over northern France yesterday, left a trail of wreckage behind. One coast target, a brick building on the side of a railway, was left burning after only one attack. Black and white smoke poured from it This building was situated in a small town on the Cherbourg peninsula, and troops who were in the town square scattered in all directions during the Spitfire’s attack. In another case the target, which had a large chimney on one side, was shot up from ground level. The chimney and the top of windows of the buildings were seen to be hit and the building immediately burst into flames. One aircraft damaged its radiator through hitting a tree in its low level attack, but all returned from this operation safely.
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Northern Advocate, 17 November 1941, Page 5
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