EMDEN RAIDED
Two Bombers Attack Docks
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 23.
Just after midday today two Wellington bombers attacked the port of Emden. Coming down to 4000 feet, they bombed through a gap in clouds. Bursts were seen among buildings in the dock area.
On the way back one Wellington was attacked nine times by a Messerschmitt 109. During the last attack the bomber’s rear gunner got in a long burst of fire and fragments were blown off the Messerschmitt. The duel ended when contact was lost. An Air Ministry communique states: “Last night Hudson bombers of the Coastal Command attacked an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast. Three ships were hit. One of our aircraft is missing.” R.A.F. headquarters in Northern Ireland states: “At 8.30 this morning a German aircraft approached the coast of Northern Ireland from a southerly direction. British fighters intercepted and attacked the German aircraft, which was damaged and forced to turn back.”
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 280, 25 August 1942, Page 5
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