ON INTRUDER PATROL
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITIES Recd. 6.30 p.m. Rugby, March 13. Fighters on intruder patrol destroyed one enemy bomber over its base in Holland. In addition one was shot down over Britain when bombs were dropped at several places on the north-east coast, causing some damage and a number of casualties. This afternoon four enemy aircraft dropped bombs on a place on the south-west coast. There were no injuries and only slight damage. Two of these aircraft were destroyed by our fighters, as were two others which approached the south coast later in the afternoon. Early in the afternoon a big force of aircraft, some flying at about 30,000 ft., roared out over the Straits of Dover in the direction of Boulogne. They were formations of bombers escorted by fighters, and within half an hour our planes were returning. One of Germany’s long-distance sea raiders, a Focke Wulf Kurier, was destroyed by a Beaufighter squadron over the Bay of Biscay yesterday in three minutes, bringing the squadron’s total successes to nine in the past seven weeks.—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 5
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