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DUNKIRK’S AIRMAN DID FIRST “SOLO” IN BATTLE (Pbom oua own ooai

... DUNKIRK’S AIRMAN DID FIRST “SOLO” IN BATTLE (Pbom oua own ooai i, A fils, Friday. •A TERRIFYING adventure in the air that ended with promotion for a second lieutenant and award the Cross the Legion Honour told in the French Press. A pilot, with an observer ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EMBARKATION OF ALLIED TROOPS AT DUNKIRK B.E.F. GETTING OUT OF TRAP

... safely embarked, despite intensive German air attacks on Dunkirk. Sweeping claims to have inflicted damage at Dunkirk on Allied naval units were made in a special communique issued by the German High Command in Berlin to-day. This communi ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1025 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Bring Down 22 Nazis Without Loss in Fight Off Dunkirk

... R.A.F. Bring Down 22 Nazis Without Loss in Fight Off Dunkirk IN a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down twenty-two of a large force of German bombers and fighters. All the R ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 447 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

r1 THE LEICESTER MERCURY FRIDAY 31st MAY - 'From Page One Dunkirk A Fortress With Qigantic Moat evacuation it is

... tied area camp wtranche oil Dunkirk On the Somme' and on the Alsnel some local infantry action bv both sides Between the Aisne and the artillery duels of some violence Ik Mi1m' an enemy raid Was repulsed GERMAN CLAIMS -Dunkirk Allied Air :r- Tnnrawai ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1627 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Held By Allied Naval Forces PART OF CALAIS ALSO IN OUR HANDS Morale of British Troops Unshaken “In Face ..

... Allied naval forces are firmly holding the fortified area of Dunkirk, it was stated in Paris last night British and French units were also still in possession of P art °j Calais last night. Dunkirk has been transformed into an entrenched camp and is held ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 721 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH: th« north operations are continuing with the same bitterness aroung the fortified area, 'camp retranche ..

... FRENCH: th« north operations are continuing with the same bitterness aroung the fortified area, 'camp retranche- Dunkirk, On the Somme,and on the Alsne some local Infantry actions by both 81deB.R >,4 • Between the Ailne and the Meuse artillery duels ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 495 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more

... Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent intervals German aircraft appear over them and drop bombs and fire their machine guns. On Thursday troops were bombed by ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 502 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK

... HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK pART of the B.E.F. has been safely evacuated. Many have already reached this country. Yesterday they were arriving by thousands. Three British ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 597 | Page: 1 | Tags: none