BOMBING ATTACKS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1940, Page 5

BOMBING ATTACKS

OPERATIONS BY THE R.A.F. WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITY. AIR MINISTRY 'ANNOUNCEMENT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY, June 11. The Air Ministry announces: “Durnig the last 24 hours medium and heavy bombers of the R.A.F. continued operations on enemy lines of communication leading towards Rouen and the Seine. Columns of armoured fighting vehicles and mechanical transport were attacked and damage done to railways, roads and bridges. By night, our heavy bombers continued their attacks on important crossings of the Meuse. They also again attacked military objectives in western Germany. One of Qur aircraft is missing. A Coastal Command aircraft on reconnaissance over Norway bombed and set on fire two oil tankers and a refinery at Thameshavn. Our aircraft operating from France have been engaged in repeated day and night bombing reconnaissance operations over the fighting zones. Four of our medium bombers are missing. R.A.F. fighters based in France carried out a large number of patrols against enemy formations, sometimes ten times their own strength. In these at least five enemy aircraft were shot down. Seven of our fighters are missing. SPAIN’S ATTITUDE OPEN SYMPATHY WITH AXIS POWERS. EXPRESSED. IN THE PRESS. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) MADRID, June 11. The Press openly sympathises with the Axis.