ANGLIAN TOWN

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1943, Page 4

ANGLIAN TOWN

RAIDED by FOCKEWULFS. (Rec. 12.45.) LONDON, June 2. Five Fockewulfs at least one of which was shot down, raided an East Anglian town on Wednesday after daybreak. Rescuers are digging for six persons who are believed to have been killed when their home was destroyed. Ground defences strongly attacked. the raiders, which were chased; Off by Spitfires. T T . • y LONDON, June 1. A number of enemy fighter-bomb-ers on Tuesday afternoon sharply attacked a south coast town. the raiders flew in very low from tne sea and dropped their bombs throughout the town, damaging a large number of houses, but it is believed theie were not many-casualties One of two enemy raiders which crossed the south coast and flew into the London area early on rtiesday morning found the barrage too hot. It dropped its bombs on a suburban district and Hod. . houses were demolished and six people killed, others being sent to hosPl The other raider was slightly more daring. It penetrated into London and dropped its bombs. F our People were killed and three in v ul ly when a shelter was hit. A bomb set lire to a sas main, which was Quickly put out g Firemen and Civil Defence workers rescued several people from the wreckage of houses. A married woman was found dead in one house, lying over her son aged tnree, who was still alive. -Her daughter was found seriously injured in another room. . The Air Ministry says Typhoon fighters destroyed five of about a dozen FW 190 fighter-bombers which attacked a town on the south-east coast of England in daylight on Tuesday. Anti-aircraft fire accounted for. a sixth raider. The raiders crossed the coast so low over the water that our fighter pilots had to flv through the spray to reach them. They took the enemy completely; by surprise, and one pilot, actually joined in the enemy formation and flew out. to sea with it. He said: “There were enemy planes 200 yards on either side of me. I could see the pilots sitting unaware of mv identity and looking quite comfortable'. I got through to the leader and gave him a squirt, and he went down. I went on through the splash of water he made, and when I was about 20 miles out to sea I got' mv second victim. There was no real fight. The Huns just did not know who we were until it was too late.” The R.A.F. pilots when eventually detected, were shot at, but not hit.