ANOTHER FAILURE
NAZIS AT SCAPA FLOW. ' RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 25. In the early hours of this morning a joint Admiralty and Air Ministry communique was issued as follows:—“Numerous enemy aircraft attempted an attack on Scapa Mow last night. Two bombs were seen to drop which fell on heather land, and one enemy aircraft made an abortive machine-gun attack on an open road. “No damage or casualties resulted. The enemy were driven off by heavy anti-aircraft gunfire and by fighter aircraft of the R.A.F.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 126, 27 April 1940, Page 10
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93ANOTHER FAILURE Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 126, 27 April 1940, Page 10
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