The Calais raid
The Province, 22 June 1940 · The Calais raid, June 1940
Canuck Leader Of Calais Raid Found Guns
LONDON, June 22.—A young Canadian aviator, whose name was not given, who led the R.A.F. raid on Calais Friday, dropped bombs on Calais gun positions and then circled around, photographing the rest of the attack. He brought back vivid pictures of devastation caused by many direct hits.
The same Canadian had discovered and photographed the German gun emplacement on a previous reconnaissance when he flew at less than 1000 feet to get pictures.
German gunfire then was so heavy he only brought his machine home by great skill. One wing was shattered and collapsing, the fuselage riddled and the gas tank split, with fuel pouring over everything.
A pompom shell exploding inside the fuselage wounded his navigator.
He made a forced landing at a south coast airdrome. Friday he got his revenge.
The air ministry announcement said the naval bombers, protected [unclear: by] Hurricane fighters, “swept down on the target at Calais in three ways, dive-bombing in the face of tremendous fire.”
One British plane was hit and downed in the sea while the others returned safely.
Martyn is not named. 'three ways' is printed so (the Canadian Press version in n08 reads 'three waves'); kept as printed. In the last paragraph the print reads 'hy' (a print flaw for 'by'); marked [unclear: by]. Hard to read in the print: Paragraph 6: word before 'Hurricane fighters' prints as 'hy', read as 'by'.