Paris reported artillery fire in the region west of Vosges.
Five Luftwaffe planes were brought down, one of them a
Messerschmitt
Bf 109, by the British Royal Air Force (RAF).
The British air ministry announced that during a patrol over
the North sea the British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft encountered
Luftwaffe fighters and an engagement took place. One German
plane was destroyed and at least one other believed damaged.
Two British machines failed to return to their base.
It was reported that lighthouses are on Duncansby Head, Caithness,
and on island of Stroma had been attacked last week by Luftwaffe
bombers returning from Scapa Flow. There were no casualties.
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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