AIR OFFENSIVE
BRITISH 'RAIDS RESTRICTED BY WEATHER 1 BUT NUMBER OF TARGETS BOMBED. DAY & NIGHT OPERATIONS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, December 4. An Air Ministry communique states: “Bombs were dropped on Tuesday on enemy-occupied aerodromes in Northern France. Bad weather restricted operations last night, but nevertheless attacks were made on the towns of Ludwigshaven and Mannheim, where explosions and fires were seen. Other targets included a blast furnace and plants at Essen and Dunkirk. One of our planes is missing.” ' GERMAN REPORT (By Telegraph—Press Associaiton—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, December 4. A German communique says: “Heavy bombers attacked aerodromes, camps and armament factories in England. Isolated British planes bombed the west and south-west of Germany. Slight, damage was done and there were no casualties.” FORCED DOWN BRITISH BOMBER LANDS IN SPAIN. CREW TAKEN PRISONER. (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) BERLIN, December 4. The official radio said a British bomber made a forced landing in the Ebro Valley, in Spain. The crew were taken prisoner.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 December 1940, Page 8
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