PRESSURE MAINTAINED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1940, Page 5

PRESSURE MAINTAINED

AIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY BASES

MORE R.A.F. EXPLOITS.

ENEMY SEAPLANE SHOT DOWN

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) RUGBY, May 2. The Air Ministry announced at 12.35 p.m.: “The R.A.F. has maintained pressure on enemy air bases in Norway and Denmark, Stavanger was bombed twice during daylight hours yesterday and this, together with the aerodromes at Aalborg and Fornebu were heavily bombed during last night in the course of a night reconnaissance over the southern area of the North Sea. One of our aircraft encountered an enemy seaplane near the island of Norderney and shot it down into the sea. No losses were suffered in these operations. OPPORTUNITY SEIZED NAZI PLANES AT STAVANGER BOMBED. BY BRITISH SURVEY MACHINE. (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 2. Sent out with the object of observing the damage inflicted by the R.A.F. during the raids on Stavanger, a single Hudson reconnaissance plane saw a number of German planes parked at the aerodrome. The Hudson’s personnel put aside their cameras and considerably unproved the picture of havoc, with a well-aimed salvo of bombs, which fell on a group of five enemy bombers drawn up between runways. mdsphere of concern regarding the conduct of the war as a whole continues to grow. In a speech on Tuesday Sir Archibald, while deploring “apparently inspired’’. defeatist articles suggesting that the British forces should be evacuated from Norway, criticised “false prophecies” of a few weeks ago expressing optimism over the Allies' general war position. He asked questions of the Government, including why the British counter-stroke was “so slow in coming."