NAZI WARSHIPS BOMBED.
AIR COMBAT FOLLOWS. LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. (British Official Wireless.) Received April 13. 11.35 a.m. RUGBY, April 12. The Air Ministry later announced that an extensive reconnaissance by aircraft of the R.A.F. was carried out over the North Sea and the Skagerrak to-day in search of enemy naval forces. The reports so far received indicate that one formation of bombers penetrated into Kristiansand Fiord and attacked two German warships. Our aircraft encountered heavy antiaircraft and fighter opposition, and in the course of the engagement five of them were brought down. The full extent of the enemy losses is not known, but at least two enemy fighters were shot down in flames and others were seen to be seriously damaged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 115, 13 April 1940, Page 7
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122NAZI WARSHIPS BOMBED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 115, 13 April 1940, Page 7
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