PARACHUTE MINE-LAYING: Mechancs at an RAF station placing a parachute mine in position in a Handley Page Hampden. By dropping these mines from the air a field embracing the coasts of Germany and the occupied territories from the Boy of Biscay to northern Norway, and in the Baltic, is maintained. Naval mine-loyers are unable to reach areas penetrated in this way.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 4
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61PARACHUTE MINE-LAYING: Mechancs at an RAF station placing a parachute mine in position in a Handley Page Hampden. By dropping these mines from the air a field embracing the coasts of Germany and the occupied territories from the Boy of Biscay to northern Norway, and in the Baltic, is maintained. Naval mine-loyers are unable to reach areas penetrated in this way. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 4
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