ENEMY CONVOYS
ATTACKED BY BRITISH BOMBERS NUMBER OF SHIPS DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. FOUR PLANES MISSING. (British Official Wireless J (Received This Day. 9.35 a.m.) RUGBY. May 26. An Air Ministry communique states: "In daylight yesterday, the Bomber Command continued its search for enemy shipping off the Dutch. German and Danish coasts and in the course of these widespread operations attacks wore made on two convoys and on other vessels. From one ship, of about 6,000 tons, debris was thrown into the air after bombs had been dropped, and another ship, of some 4.000 tons, was left enveloped in smoke. Several other ships are believed to have been damaged. but full observation of results was impossible. From these operations four of our planes are missing.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1941, Page 5
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124ENEMY CONVOYS Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1941, Page 5
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