A Royal Air Force bomber return ing to its base after a gruelling: nights work met and shot down German machine in flames over Hol land.
The attack on German destroyer? 1n the harbour at Brest was repeatéc for the second night in succession in the course of bombing raids by aifcraft of the Coastal Command of Thursday night which ranged from Den Helder on the Dutch coast down the Channel to Boulogne, Havre anc Brest.
Although weather conditions were dificult and anti-aircraft fire was intense, the pilots straddled the destroyers with heavy bombs and scored several hits. Other salvoes severely damaged workshops and storehouses on the shore. There were three heavy explosions in the dockyard at Den Helder after a Blenheim bad let go a salvo. Other bombs fell on the quays and set buildings ablaze, At Boulogne pilots saw their bombs burst amid a concentration of 30 or 40 small ships surrounding a larger vessel.—Blenheims which attacked Lo Havre found the dock shrouded at Amsterdam Germany and Holland came in for a
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