BOMBING RAIDS
DEVELOPED ON GREAT SCALE MANY ENEMY AREAS ATTACKED. DAY AND NIGHT OPERATIONS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) RUGBY, July 30. Another Air Ministry communique says: “Yesterday our bombers made daylight raids over a widespread area in Germany and the Low Countries. A large supply ship was damaged near Flushing. Barges and other vessels were hit at Emden. Hamburg and off the Island of Terschelling. An oil refinery in the Ruhr was bombed and attacks were made on several. aerodromes in Germany and Holland. One of our bombers was lost. During last night, although conditions of visibility were poor, a large number of our bombers penetrated enemy territory. Twenty-four of our aircraft, however, were unable to locate the targets assigned to them and returned without dropping their bombs. The remainder attacked targets in North and West Germany, the Ruhr and Low Countries, including oil refineries, shipping, docks, aerodromes and .-oaa> and rail communications. No IosSRL-'were suffered in any of these operations.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1940, Page 6
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