BRITISH AIRCRAFT
ATTACK ON ENEMY SHIPS PENETRATION OF HELIGOLAND BIGHT. ONE MACHINE LOST IN BAD WEATHER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY. February 25. The Air Ministry announces: “As already announced. Royal Air Force aircraft were active in Heligoland Bight on Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday morning. Warships observed near Heligoland were attacked with bombs. Anti-aircraft fire was encountered from ships and shore batteries. One of our aircraft reports that it was attacked by three enemy fighters withold success, and it is believed that one of the enemy fighters was forced down. No casualties or damage were suffered by any of our aircraft during the operation, but the homeward journey was made in very bad weather conditions which accounted for the failure of one of our aircraft to return.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1940, Page 5
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