Procession Over Northern France
(8.0. W.) RUGBY. August 23. From early morning until late this evening Allied aircraft based on Britain have been keeping up attacks against airfields and communications in German-occupied Europe. This evening formation after formation of bombers, accompanied by strong fighter escorts, were seen returning to their bases from the direction of Calais. Early this ' morning Spitfires and medium bombers started a procession to Northern France. They went for railway marshalling yards at St. Onier. where not a single German fighter came up to challenge them.. The situation was different over another target, where a Canadian Spitfire wing ran into a flight of about 15 Messerschmitts. They shot clown two of them. Another force of R.A.F. fighters destroyed a Junkers 88 over the North Sea.
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Northern Advocate, 24 August 1943, Page 3
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