ENEMY DESTROYERS
ATTACKED BY BRITISH AIRCRAFT OFF COAST OF JUT I. A ND. UNTRUE GERMAN CLAIMS. By Telegraph--Press Association—Copyright LONDON. January 13. ■The Air ,\l inisi ry announces flint coastal conimanil mudlines all ticked 1 liroe enemy destroyers oil’ Iluriireel's. -■> miles oil’ I lie coast of -I ill land, on Thursday, when bombs were seen Io explode close Io Hie desl rovers. The planes siill'ercd no damage.
A communique from the German High Command states:' "Eight British bombers attempted to attack German destroyers in Heligoland Bay. Only two managed io drop bombs, without success. We shot down one and damaged a second. The remainder departed prematurely."
The British Air Ministry spokesman says: “The German claim of having shot down one R.A.F. bomber and damaged another in Heligoland Bay i ; ; entirely imti ur, 11
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1940, Page 5
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