Duel In The Channel
LONDON. June, 29. Fleet Air Arm Typhoons and Albacores operating with Fighter Command, heavily attacked three merchantmen escorted by E-boats, attempting to pass through the Straits of Dover under cover of darkness last night. One merchantman and Rt least two escorts were damaged. The Typhoons wont in when the shins werehugging the coast between Cap Gris Nez and Boulogne and pressed home the attack despite an intense barrage. Albacores took up the attack with bombs. All our planes returned safely. English and German long-range guns were in action for more than an hour across the Straits of Dover late last night. British guns were first to open up, to which German batteries replied with thrae-gun and two-gun salvoes, shells mostly falling in the Dover area.
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Northern Advocate, 30 June 1943, Page 2
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