The Archive · 1940

Calais Raided

London, June 22.

A big new Naz! gun-emplacement near Calais was destroyed in a daring raid by British bombers yesterday.

Protected by Hurricane fighters, the R.A.F. bombers swept down in waves on the emplacement, dive-bombing in the face of tremendous fire of all sorts. The emplacement was wrecked.

One British machine was hit and crashed into the sea. All the others returned safely.

The emplacement was discovered by a young Canadian, whose machine was badly damaged when he flew low te photograph the emplacement. He just managed to get his crippled machine back to the English Coast, Yesterday he had his revenge, leading the attacking aircraft. He dropped his bombs, then flew around photographing the rest of the attack, and brought back vivid pictures of the devastation caused.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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