London, June 27, RITISH aircraft carried out extensive raids on German aerodromes, rail communicat and other military objectives in Holland and north-west Germany during the past 48 hours, according to an Air Ministry communique.
Heavy attacks are stated to have been made on acrodromes at Arnhem and Borkum, and at Lingen, near the Dutch frontier, a railway bridge is said to have been destroyed. Damage is also reported to have been done to the Hamm railway junction, and on the railway siding at Dorsten, north of the Ruhr, a large fire was started, In the Ruhr, at Osterfeld, a marshalling yard was damaged, and at Monheim an oil refinery was severely damaged.
Hits were registered on an aircraft factory at Bremen, the communique claims, and at Cologne a salvo of bombs caused explosions in chemical works. At Heligoland, an ammunition dump was blown up.
One of the British bombers returning from this operation is said to have shot down a German fighter All British planes, it is claimed, returned safely, but two aircraft of Allied Blockade Now the Coastal Command failed to return "from a reconnaissance over Scandinavia, Extends to France Another "Air Ministry announce ment. details how British aircraft raided German aerodromes near the French coast, "One of our patrols," says the com= munique, "encountered a much larger formation of enemy fighters and shot down three without loss."
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