FLEET AIR ARM
OIL TANK SET ON FIRE SUPPLY SHIPS DAMAGED RAIDS ON NORWEGIAN COAST (Omcial Wireless) (Received August 30, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, August 29 An Admiralty communique states: Planes of the Fleet Air Arm carried out offensive operations over the Norwegian coast. The two remaining tanks at an oil depot which had previously been attacked received direct hits, and the larger tank was set on fire. The planes set fire to a motor patrol-ship and obtained two direct hits on a 2000-ton supply ship. All our planes returned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 7
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89FLEET AIR ARM Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 7
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