The Archive · 1941

Five More Raiders Downed

As German raiders came over London last night to continue the moon Ught alr war, it was officially con firmed that five German planes were Gestroyed on Friday night—three by Aghters and two by anti-alveratt Are.

This brought the total of night niders confirmed aw destroyed March to 40, of which fighters. des. troyed 21, antiaircraft, fire 17,0 British destroyer one, and "other means" one.

The anti-aiveratt "bag" includes two destroyed on March 4 and 11 not previously claimed.

Two Supply Ships Sunk Kiel, Bremerhaven, Cologne and Rotterdam wore twice attacked dur ing the week, as was also Boulogne. Several attacks wore made on chip. ping off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts, and two supply.ships "were sunk and a German destroyer in the Skaggerak torpedoed, Direct hits on other supply-ships were made. Calais aerodrome, with aircraft dispersed on the ground, also was bombed, and many offensive day sweeps were carried out by fighters over the Channel and northern France. In li these operations, the review stated, 10 British aircraft failed to return and the Germans suf fered losses themselves, of which four have been confirmed—Reuter,

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