 Fourteen fighters were sent to strafe from low altitude , German ground targets ahead of the British infantry , roving behind German lines , attacking infantry , transport , gun @-@ teams and machine @-@ gun nests ; the attacks continued all day , with two of the British aircraft being shot down . Organised attacks were made on the German airfields at Bisseghem and Marcke near Courtrai and the day bombing squadrons attacked airfields at Ramegnies Chin , Coucou , Bisseghem ( again ) and Rumbeke . Reconnaissance reports of German troops concentrating from Quesnoy – Warneton , led to aircraft setting out to attack them within minutes . German fighters made a considerable effort to intercept corps observation aircraft over the battlefield but were frustrated by patrols on the barrage line and offensive patrols beyond ; only one British corps aircraft was shot down by German aircraft during the day . After dark , the night @-@ bombing specialists of 100 Squadron bombed railway stations at Warneton , Menin and Courtrai . Ignorance of the situation at the northern end of the II Anzac Corps front. was resolved by air reconnaissance at dawn on 8 June . 
