SUCCESSFUL R.A.F. OPERATIONS
(British Official Wireless) (Received February 23, 7.30 p.m.) RUGBY, February 22. An official account of yesterday’s day and night Royal Air Force operations is given in an Air Ministry communique, as follows:—During daylight yesterday fighter patrols were continued over the French coast. None of the planes are missing. Last night a number of operations were successfully carried out despite bad weather. Attacks were made at several points on the coast of enemy territory. A large fire was observed at Wilhelmshaven. Emden and Brest were also attacked. Other aircraft bombed objectives in the industrial area in western Ruhr, but bad visibility made it impossible to observe details of the results. A number of aerodromes in Holland and France were also attacked. From all these activities two of our aircraft are missing.
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Southland Times, Issue 24368, 24 February 1941, Page 5
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