EXTENSIVE RAIDS
R.A.F. HEAVY BOM3ERS. NAZI.LINES ATTACKED.(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 7. The operations carried out last night by heavy bombers of the' R.A.F. extended over many hundreds of square miles of enemy territory. Siim ultaneous raids by strong forces were directed against objectives as far apart as Hamburg to the east and the Somme-Aisiie battlefront to the west. . Oil storage plants and rail communications in many parts of Germany were heavily bombed for the sixth night in succession, while other sections of British raiders roved the full length of the German lines in Northern France, attacking roads, railways a.nd troop columns in the enemy’s back areas from the coast almost to the Ardennes. ANOTHER RAID WARNING. An air raid warning was sounded in Kent and Essex to-night.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 163, 10 June 1940, Page 8
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128EXTENSIVE RAIDS Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 163, 10 June 1940, Page 8
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