The Archive · 1941

Attacks on Flushing

Two attacks were made on a sub marine assembly and repair depot the dock area at Flushing.

In attacks on aerodromes in northern France and Holland, night fighters bombed and machine-gunned aerodromes. One pilot probably destroy ed two enemy aircraft. He attacked one plane about to land from very short range. end then dropped bombs from a height of 200 feet directly in front of the plane as it taxied along the ground.

There have been continuous daylight offensive sweeps over the Channel and northern Frence carried on by fighters and bombers as well as patrol flights.

From all these operations eleven British aircraft failed to return and three German were de troyed.—Reuter,

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