AVIATION REPORTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 5

AVIATION REPORTS

GREAT ACTIVITY.

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(Rec. Oct. i7,"J.0.15 a.m.) ; , . LONDON, Qc>. !§.;, Sir Douglas Haig's aviation a-epoiifc states': Fine weather enabled the greatest activity all' day. ■" ' '.."'•'

Our bombers caused great damage to* railwayi stations and junctions in tKe rear of the enemy's lines,' obtaining many direct hits and starting numerous fires in railway sheds'. The total bombs dropped tens.

X3terman aerojjlanes |*vero active on the northern battle fiont, whore heavy air fighting occurred.. ;

Wo destroyed 30 hostile machines and drove down six out <?f control. ' The Press Bureau reports that Independent Air Force operations were hMidtered! by (tliick moist, cloudy jasidf rain; but wo afcLacked Errescaty aerodrome. One bomb from a heightw bf $0 feet pierced the roof of a ZeppeMn, shed and another wrecked the hangar. Mechanics who ran out after the explosion w«re •machine-gunned.