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ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND DIRECT HITS MADE ATTACKS ON CONVOY (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 19. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 18 Medium bombers of the Royal Air Force were again over Zeebrugge and Ostend yesterday afternoon, states an Air Ministry bulletin. Direct hits were made on harbour installations at Ostend and at Zeebrugge ships were bombed. One aircraft attacked four barges off the coast. Direct hits on two of them were claimed. Another raider bombed a convoy which was sighted off The Hague. The new aerodrome at Ijmuiden was also attacked. At Zeebrugge, where concentration barges were bombed, two Messerschmitt 109’s engaged our aircraft, but both made off after an exchange of fire.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 7
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113MORE BOMBING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 7
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