BRITISH ATTACKS
ENEMY AERODROMES. R.A.F. AT TRONDHEIM. NAYY BOMBS STAVANGER. (United Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph—Copy right A Received April 18, 10.25 a.m. LONDON, April 17. It is officially stated that tlie Royal Air Eorce last night bombed "tbe Trondlieim aerodrome and a nearby seaplane base. A large fire was observed after the- attack. ■ An Admiralty communique says the Navy heavily bombarded the Stavanger aerodrome for eighty minutes early this morning. After the action against the aerodrome, which the Royal Ail Force had already bombed seven times, a bomb hit a British cruiser, which was damaged, but was able to continue on her course to the base. The German News Agency states that a German ’plane hit a British battleship with a bomb of the heaviest calibre during an attack on the British naval forces south-west of Norway. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 119, 18 April 1940, Page 7
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136BRITISH ATTACKS Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 119, 18 April 1940, Page 7
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