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SPITFIRES OVER BELGIUM AND FRANCE AERODROMES AND HANGARS ATTACKED. PEASANTS GIVE FRIENDLY WAVE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 1.30 p.m.)' RUGBY. September 11. Despite unfavourable cloud conditions Spitfires of the Fighter Command carried out patrols over occupied territory today. They (lew at 50 feet across the sea and swept inland for several miles over Northern France, Belgium and Holland. Aerodromes and hangars were attacked with cannon and machine-gun fire in France and Belgium and gun crews were dispersed. Two pilots saw some inaccurate fire from the ground but no enemy fighters came up. The pilots report that much harvesting was going on both in Belgium and Franco. Peasants stopped their work and waved to the pilots as they flew low over the fields. SINGLE ENEMY RAIDER REPORTED IN SCOTTISH AREA. (British OD'icial Wireless.) (Received This Day. 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY. September 11. During the day a single enemy aircraft dropped bombs harmlessly at one point in northeast Scotland, states a communique. Otherwise there is nothing to report.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1941, Page 6
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