R.A.F. Over Holland, France, The Ruhr

Northern Advocate, 10 June 1942, Page 3

R.A.F. Over Holland, France, The Ruhr

LONDON. Juno 9,

A strong force of Royal Air Force bombers last night attache dthe industrial districts of the Ruhr, and also

bombed the docks at Dieppe and enemy airfields in the Low Countries. Eighteen bombers are missing from' these operations says the Air Ministry communique.

Effective raids were again carried out last night by intruder pilots, who, flying through intense anti-aircraft fire, again attacked airfields, goods trains and other targets over a wide area in northern France and Holland. An ammunition dump on the Schipol aerodrome was destroyed, and railway yards were also among the targets bombed.

One of the few enemy aircraft which appeared in the vicinity of the south coast of England last night was destroyed. No bombs were dropped.

Minesweeper Sunk

Machine-gun and cannon fire from a small formation of Spitfires blew up land sank a German "R" boat (motor minesweeper) off the coast of Holland this afternoon. Crews of fishing boats in the vicinity waved to the Spitfire pilots as they flew in low to attack, says the Air Ministry' News Service. There was no return fire from the R-boat and all the aircraft returned safely.

Crashed Into Sea

A German twin-engined floatplane on a shipping reconnaissance off north-east Scotland was intercepted last night by a Beaufighler which sighted the floatplane at 500 feet and at once attacked with both cannon and machine-guns. The Beaufighter swept round for a frontal attack and the floatplane dropped lower and lower and finally relied over on its back and crashed into the sea. Three of the crew clambered on to the fuselage but the wreckage sank in a few minutes. The Beaufighter was undamaged.