FLEET AIR ARM.
(British Official Wireless.! RUGBY, May 11. An Admiralty communique states: —“The Fleet Air Arm has made two further attacks on the enemy at Bergen. In one attack naval aircraft obtained three hits on on enemy warship. holieved to he the Bremse. In the second, complete surprise was achieved. Enemy fuel tanks were attacked and heavily damaged. Two. of the largest were set on fire and the flames were seen to spread. “Since April 8 the Fleet Air Arm has shot down 20 enemy aircraft off Norway, besides accounting for many others on the ground. A further 50 enemy aircraft have been destroyed by the anti-aircraft fire of the fleet.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 140, 14 May 1940, Page 8
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112FLEET AIR ARM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 140, 14 May 1940, Page 8
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