AIR MINISTRY REPORT
MANY TARGETS ATTACKED SHIP SUNK OFF COAST OR NORWAY. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON ENEMY BASES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) RUGBY, June 3. An Air Ministry communique states: “In daylight yesterday Bomber Command aircraft attacked shipping in the Kiel Canal and also bombed objectives on land in Schleswig-Holstein. A vessel in the canal received a direct hit. "Off the coast of Norway, an enemy supply ship was sunk. Two of our aircraft are missing. “Last night Bomber Command aircraft attacked Dusseldorf and the inland ports of Dusiborg and Ruihport* and other objectives in the Ruhr. Many fires were started among industrial buildings. “A small force of aircraft attacked targets in Berlin and large fires were started. Docks at Ostend were also bombed. Four of our aircraft are missing from these operations. “Coastal Command aircraft last night attacked docks at St. Nazaire without loss. “One aircraft of the Coastal Command is missing from yesterday’s operations.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 June 1941, Page 5
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