FLEET PLANES BUSY
DIRECT HITS ON ENEMY SHIPS (British Official Wireless.) •RUGBY, October 4. (Received October 5, at 11.30 a.m.) An Admiralty communique says further damage was inflicted on enemy shipping by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm operating over the coast of Norway. Skuas attacked enemy supply ships of 4.000 or 5,000 tons which were lying alongside the jetty at Haugesund. Hits were obtained with bombs, and a ship was left heavily on fire in both forward and after holds in Bjiorne Fiord. Skuas attacked an enemy supply ship of about 2.000 tons and bombs were seen to hit the ship, which was considered stink. Our aircraft were subsequently attacked by a superior force of enemy fighters. One of the Skuas is missing.
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Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 11
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124FLEET PLANES BUSY Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 11
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