BAD FLYING WEATHER
LONDON, June 27. Pilots of the New Zealand Mosquito Squadron flew through very dirty weather last night to attack German troop concentrations and road junctions south or Caen. Flight Lieutenant W. J. Runciman, Auckland, whose experience was typical, said it was blind flying most of the way. Hid plane in half a minute >ose from 2000 to 5000 feet. Thunderbolt fighters escorted sky trains to advanced landing strips in Normandy. Thunderbolt and Mustang fighter-bombers attacked rail and _ road points. Two Thunderbolts are missing from these missions. The Exchange Telegraph’s correspondent in Normandy says that Spitfires with bombs and cannon accurately attacked enemy gun positions in the Baron area, between Caen and Tilly, this morning. This assistance from the air enabled our troops to move on to the River Odon vvithout opposition from the German guns. Ihe Army signalled its congratulations to the pilots for their excellent work under flying conditions far from perfect. Bad weather this morning severely curtailed air activity.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 233, 29 June 1944, Page 5
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164BAD FLYING WEATHER Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 233, 29 June 1944, Page 5
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