HAIL OF BOMBS
SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS BY R.A.F. ON NUMBER OF ENEMY BASES. DAY AND NIGHT ONSLAUGHTS ON TROOP COLUMNS. (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 27. In the course of their operations last night, squadrons from the Bomber Command heavily bombed enemy air bases in Belgium and Holland and disorganised road, rail and river traffic oyer a wide area from the Rhineland to the French frontier. The raids on aerodromes began shortly after midnight, when almost simultaneous attacks were launched on Flushing, Brussels, Antwerp, Venlo and Charleroi. Salvoes of heavy bombs at Flushing and Antwerp started several fires. Nearly 150 high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the aerodromes at Brussels and Charleroi. Buildings in Venlo were wrecked by direct hits and fires were started. A railway bridge across the Belgian main road was destroyed. The R.A.F. in France pounced day and night on German reinfor'cements heading for the Amiens gap, to support the German bid for the Channel ports. Three R.A.F. pilots have shot down nearly a hundred machines between them.
The chief ace is a New Zealander, believed to be Flying-Officer (Cobber) Kain. His bag exceeds forty.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 6
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