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DOCKS & AIRPORTS

PLASTERED BY BRITISH BOMBERS I — ' MUCH DESTRUCTION WROUGHT. ! COASTAL COMMAND ATTACKS ON SHIPS. 'British Official Wireless.) < (Received This Day. 10.18 a.m.) RUGBY. January 13. Throughout yesterday. during daylight hours and at night, the R.A.F. maintained a vigorous offensive, delivering smashing blows at targets in enemy and enemy-oc-cupied countries. Daylight attacks made on the French and Belgian coasts aimed at hampering German preparations for night raids on Britain. Aircraft of both the Bomber and Coastal Commands participated in night attacks, the objectives ranging from shipping off Norway to the U-boat base at Lorient and inland targets in Franco. Germany and Italy. An Air Ministry bulletin, describing last night’s attacks, says:: Dry and wet docks at Lorient were battered with heavy bombs. One pilot saw a salvo explode in a crimson sheet of flame among buildings on the river banks. At the end of the attacks storehouses and other buildings, near Port Militaire and the power station were burning fiercely. Docks and shipping at Brest were also attacked and a heavy bomb was seen to burst near the power station. Big fires were seen in the docks.

“While on patrol along the coast of Norway yesterday, another aircraft of the Coastal Command bombed a supply ship and. after scoring a direct hit on its stern, flew over the vessel and silenced its deck with machine-gun fire. The ship was left shrouded in smoke. Blenheims of the Coastal Command, also off Norway attacked and hit a second large German supply ship which opened fire and the Blenheims raked its deck with their machineguns.”

DARING ATTACKS

■ SHIPS MACHINE-GUNNED AT SEA LEVEL EXPLOITS OF HURRICANE FIGHTERS. COASTAL COMMAND BUSY OFF NORWAY, (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 9.23 a.m.) RUGBY, January 13. Fuller details of yesterday’s daylight operations by the R.A.F. are given in an Air Ministry news bulletin, which states: “Hurricanes of the Fighter Command yesterday swept low over the Belgian and French coasts and machine-gun-ned enemy troops and shipping. "A first patrol was led by a squadron leader, who came down to sea level and twice attacked an E-boat, 800 yards off the shore. The Hurricanes swept the dock with bullets and then attacked a drifter. "Another patrol attacked a second E-boat from astern, from sea level, and the boat made for the shore. The patrol continued across the coast and machine-gunned troops in trenches near the beach. Two other small ships were machine-gunned. “A third patrol attacked -a large two-masted schooner and a number of small vessels. Heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire was encountered and Messerschmitt 109’s were sent ujj to intercept and were engaged. Two of our pilots are missing. "One pilot thought he had been hit when he looked into his mirror and, saw what seemed to be damage to j his elevator tip, but when he landed he found a bird entangled in his I aerial." "Attacks on cnemj’ shipping were i also carried out by aircraft of the Coastal Command yesterday in Nor- ; wegian waters. Direct hits were sc- I cured on two merchant vessels, which ! also were machine-gunned,*' —

FIRES & EXPLOSIONS

I IN ENEMY OIL REFINERIES , i DEVASTATING BRITISH RAIDS. HEAVY’ DAMAGE IN REICH & ITALY’ (British Official Wireless I (Received This Dav. 1 i a m > RUGBY’, j.-muary 13. A communique states: small force of bombers last night attacked important oil refineries at Regensburg, also at Porto Marghera. near Venice. Several fires broke out at Regensburg and at Ostend a large explosion was followed by j a fire. Incendiaries dropja-d l>y the f.r.-’, raiders fired the Porto Margher.i t;ir-! get and the whole target was well alight when the last raiders arrived ai. hour later .Machine-gun lire from a| few hundred feet lirsl silenced the > anti-aircraft defences then a heavy bomb, released at ;> very low level! blew U{> one of the large refiner;, buildings. More benribs set oil storagetanks on fire and tuo bombs hit near by A second large building was seen to collapse run! fall to jiieco: Shetland workshops were machine-Eunncd I at almost ground level and the targe’! was h-fi biarinp One <■? «mr planer in

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1941, Page 5

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DOCKS & AIRPORTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1941, Page 5

DOCKS & AIRPORTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1941, Page 5

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