GERMAN CLAIMS
SHELLING OF NARVIK NAZI PLANES DAMAGED {United Press Assn.— dec. Tel. Copyright) (Received April 27, 3.15 p.m.) BERLIN, April 26 A communique states that British naval forces again shelled Narvik. Some German planes were damaged by splinters during a British air raid on an aerodrome near Trondheim. British planes bombed Oslo last night. No military damage was done, but the extent of the effects of bombing the town of Oslo are not yet able to be announced. Several enemy planes were shot down over Sylt Island. Reinforcements of German troops and material have reached Trondheim. The German Air Force bombed enemy troop concentrations, railways and transports. British fighter planes in Norway landed on a frozen lake, which was successfully converted into a temporary air base despite enemy bombing attacks.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21098, 27 April 1940, Page 8
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131GERMAN CLAIMS Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21098, 27 April 1940, Page 8
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