EMDEN ATTACKED
BOMBERS SCORE ON COCK AREA
DUEL WITH HESSSRSCHMITT
(British Official Wireless.)
(Rec. noon.) RUGBY, Aug. 2J. Just after midday to-day two Wellingtons attacked the port of Emden. Coming down to 4,000 ft they bombed through a gap in the clouds, and hursts were seen among buildings in the dock area. On the way back one Wellington was attacked nine times by a Messersehmitt 109. During the last attack the Wellington’s rear gunner got in a long hurst of fire and fragments were blown off the Messerschmitt. The duel ended when contact was lost.
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Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3
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95EMDEN ATTACKED Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3
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