SUNK AT MOORINGS
TWO NAZI SEAPLANES. ACCURATE AIR BOMBING. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 15. At least two German seaplanes were stink at Stavanger on Monday, when the aeroplane and seaplane base was again raided by jjlenlieinis. The seaplanes were at their moorings when they were machine-gunned by the British aircraft. Shortly n.fterwards our pilots saw them, founder. The Blenheims also dropped heavybombs on Stavanger Aerodrome, adding to the damage done in the previous raids. The attack was made in a snowstorm and the British aircraft had also to fly through cloud and rainstorms for a large part of the North Sea crossing. A Danish ferry boat has been damaged by an explosion in the Great Belt. There were no casualties. ■ I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 118, 17 April 1940, Page 8
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