German aircraft carried out an attack on Scapa Flow at dusk,
and were driven off by fire from ships and batteries. Bombs
dropped but no damage done. One raider believed to have been
shot down.
The British Admiralty announced that Luftwaffe aircraft attacked
convoys in the North Sea, but were driven off by gunfire.
Three Hurricane fighters, patrolling the North sea, fought
two
Heinkel
He 111 raiders only 20 feet above the sea. Three British
Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters were engaged with nine
Messerschmitts
Bf 109 on the Western front, and were reported to have
brought down three Luftwaffe aircraft. Two more
Messerschmitts
Bf 109 were shot down by the French.
It was announced that last week a U-boat was sunk off the
west coast of Scotland by a patrol vessel.
Z26
Destroyer
Launched 2 April 1940
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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