DASHING EXPLOIT
AIR ATTACK ON DUTCH CANAL SHORT CUT FOR GERMAN SHIPS. THREE LOCKS SMASHED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, September 2. Hurricanes, flying at tree-top height over Holland today, carried out the most dashing exploit since the bombing of the Mohne Dam, smashing a series of lock gates vital to the German shipping lanes in Holland. Weaving through a storm of shellfire they repeatedly scored bull’s-eyes against three locks of the Dansweert Canal, which is a short cut for seagoing ships between Antwerp and German pons, and an important link with the Ruhr for barge traffic.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1943, Page 4
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101DASHING EXPLOIT Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1943, Page 4
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