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ATTACK ON ST. OMER AERODROME AS ENEMY WERE LIGHTING FLARE PATH. BLENHEIMS STRIKE HOME. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY, August 23. As a German aircraft was landing last night on a flare path at the St. Omer Airfield, Coastal Command Blenheims bombed the aerodrome for the second time this week.
The German ground staff had just flashed a landing light to the incoming aircraft when the Blenheims came in to attack.
The flare path was extinguished as bombs exploded on the runway. Other Blenheims had the aerodrome buildings and hangars as targets and started fires among them. As the aircraft flew away, the crews saw a building burning fiercely. Dinard Aerodrome was raided last night for the first time by Coastal Command Blenheims and there also many fires were started. New hangars on the edge of the aerodrome were attacked and are believed to have been hit, as flames and flashes could be seen. The yellow glow over Dinard Aerodrome was still visible when the Blenheims were miles away on their journey home.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1940, Page 6
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