A sharp attack on the invasion port of Calais was delivered early this morning by a steady procession of RAF, bombers which drove across the Straits of Dover shortly before 1 am, The Dover area was shaken by the rumble of bombs which were seen bursting with huge red flashes all along the Calais waterfront,"
Several of the raiders dropped parachute flares to illuminate their targets. The attack was sustained in the face of heavy Gre from German ground defences, Seven direct hits were scored by British bombers in an attack not lasting more than one minute made on a 8,000-ton German tanker in the Dover Straits late yesterday afternoon, The tanker was left on fire with her decks awash and listing heavily,
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