London, Jan. 5.
The Ministry of Air announced last night that the Royal Air Force made successful reconnaissance flights over north-west Germany and patrols over seaplane bases in the Heligoland Bight. All machines returned.
The Aberdeen trawler Daneden is ten days overdue and feared lost. The Daneden left Aberdeen on December 11 and was last seen on the fishing grounds in the same vicinity as the trawler Star of Scotland on the day that vessel was bombed by Nazi planes. The Dane-den carries a crew of nine—Reuter.
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