GERMAN PLANES
THIRTY CROSS SYRIA REPORTS OF BOMBERS AT MOSUL [U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] (Rec. 2.25 p.m.) London, May 15. It is authoritatively estimated in Cairo that the German planes crossing Syria number 30. Reports ascribed to Jerusalem say that 120 German bombers arrived at Mosul, but they are unconfirmed. The French commander in Syria on 12th May asked Vichy what attitude he should take in the event of German planes landing at Syrian air bases, but it is not known whether he received a reply. Certainly he has taken no action to prevent landings. British sources said that most of the planes landed at Aleppo after which they were distributed to other air fields throughout the country. They were mostly bombers, not troop carriers. The planes bore French markings.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 May 1941, Page 6
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