London, Mar, 5.
'A small force of British Coastal Command aircraft successfully attacked docks and railway sidings at Calais on Monday night, says an Air Ministry communique issued yesterday.
One Coastal Command plane while on patrol attacked an aerodrome near Brest and shot down an enemy fighter.
Confirmation had also been received, the communique said, of the destruction of four enemy aircraft in recent operations, 'A bomber crashed off the Devon coast on Monday, and two were shot down during the night, one by anti-aircraft fire at Cardiff and the other by British fighters over an aerodrome in northern France, The fourth fighter was shot down by a British bomber over Germany, Enemy air activity over Britain yesterday was slight, An alert was sounded in the London area last night. Considerable anti-aircraft fire was heard. Incendiary and explosive bombs were reported to have been dropped on a South Wales town last night. Damage was believed to have been slight—Reuter,
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