BLITZ ON BERLIN
Far More Powerful Than Reprisal LONDON, January 18. During Saturday night’s raid on Berlin, a correspondent says, the weight of bombs dropped was comparable with that which the Germans dropped on London in their big attack on April 19 1941. It was officially recorded then that about 350 German bombers took part in that raid. The giant planes of the R.A.F. carry much heavier bombs than the Nazi maclnnes did. It is estimated that from to bv planes participated in the two raids on London last night, but few penetrated the outer defences. No Important public buildings were hit ansi the nidustrial damage was Coll| P |l J at . lvel -L s x!m Twelve deaths from anti-aircraft shells have so far been reported in addition to a number of casualties in at least lo suburbs. ... There was hardly a moment last night when the sound of aeroplanes was not heard over the Channel. The noise ot RA F. planes returning from Europe filled in the interval between the two Luftwaffe raids'. . Four of the German bombers attacking London last night were shot down by the commander of a Beaufighter squadron, who has thus established a new nightfighting record. A member of his sqtiadron said that the attackers were jumping all over the sky in attempts to evade the fighters, and they hud been obviously jittery even before they knew that fighters were there. While the night-fighters were dealing with the raiders over London, intruder aircraft maintained attacks on occupied Europe during a 13-hour period. Heavy Damage Admitted.
Berlin radio claims that as the result of interceptions only a few British planes reached the. city, but admits that fires caused heavy damage, and. that three persons were killed and 20 injured. The Stockholm “Dagens N’yheter's” Berlin correspondent, writing after the first raid on Berlin, said that the deathroll was expected to rise greatly when the debris was cleared. A circus was going on when the Deutschland Halle was hit. Incendiaries set fire to the roof, which collapsed. Twenty thousand persons were evacuated without panic Elephants, lions and tigers were put into cages and removed to shelter in lorries.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 98, 20 January 1943, Page 5
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360BLITZ ON BERLIN Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 98, 20 January 1943, Page 5
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