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FIGHTERS ATTACK OSTEND AERODROME ENEMY GUNS SILENCED. ALL PLANES RETURN SAFELY. (British Ofl’icial Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) RUGBY, May .14. The Ostend aerodrome was attacked by R.A.F. fighters about dawn, today. One pair of Hurricanes swept across the aerodrome at 100 feet. A squadron leader gave a short burst at a large hangar and saw a brilliant red explosion. An Australian pilot officer, who followed closely, fired two bursts at a barrack block and hangars. Another pair of Hurricanes, flying low over the Belgian coast, fired at gun posts between the aerodrome and the sea. They silenced several guns and caused casualties to the crews. Our fighters flew through intense anti-air-craft fire, but suffered no damage and returned safely.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 5
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124AT SHORT RANCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 5
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