KASSEL RAIDED

Southland Times, Issue 24835, 29 August 1942, Page 5

KASSEL RAIDED

Strong R.A.F. Force (Rec. 1.20 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 28. Kassel, a major German industrial centre 80 miles east of the Ruhr, was hammered by a strong force of British bombers last night. Other bombers attacked the great Polish port of Gdynia, on the Baltic, and planes of the Fighter Command attacked objectives in occupied territory. Thirty bombers and two fighters failed to return. The attack on Kassel was concentrated and effective. The city, which was last raided last September, is the home of the Henschel locomotive works and the Henschel aero engine works. Gdynia, which was heavily attacked, is 700 miles in a direct line from the English coast. Hurricane bombers also were out and they attacked a German convoy south of Bremen, hitting two ships. U.S. BOMBING RAID Shipyards At Rotterdam (8.0.W.) RUGBY, August 27. An Air Ministry and United States Army Air Forces communique • states: “United States Flying Fortresses, escorted by Spitfires, bombed the shipyards at Rotterdam late this afternoon. Hits were seen in the centre of the target and on two ships in the . dock area. One of our aircraft is missing.” The Air Ministry states: “Soon after midday on Wednesday a squadron of

Boston bombers escorted by a strong force of fighters bombed the German airfield at Abbeville. Bursts were seen on the runways and in dispersal areas. One Boston was hit by anti-aircraft fire and lost one member of its crew, who was killed. The other two, who were wounded, were rescued from the sea. The fighters had combats with enemy fighters, in which three enemy machines were destroyed. Nine Royal Air Force fighters are missing. Three enemy ships, each of 1500 tons, were severely damaged on Wednesday morning when Hurricane bombers of the Fighter Command attacked a convoy of five vessels lying

off Dieppe harbour right under the shore batteries. One smaller ship -was also hit Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire from the shore all the planes returned safely.” . Late on Wednesday afternoon Flying Fortresses, escorted by Spitfires, bombed shipyards in France. All the planes returned safely. The round journey, of 400 miles, was one of the longest operational flights ever made by Spitfires.