DORMER SHOT DOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1941, Page 5

DORMER SHOT DOWN

DURING RAID ON BRITAIN ATTACKS ON BREST AND CALAIS. MADE BY COASTAL COMMAND. I i A German bomber over an East , Anglian town yesterday morning i was brought down by anti-aircraft fire, the 8.8. C. reports. This bomber, a Dornier, was one of several which flew over some parts of Britain yesterday, following on night attacks on Swansea and other places. An attack on London was short and all the raids ceased soon after midnight. On Wednesday night, aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked the enemy naval base at Brest and docks at Calais. The operations were carried out without the loss of a single British plane. RAID ON SWANSEA FIRE AND OTHER DAMAGE. NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright' l LONDON. February 20. I An Air Ministry communique ! states that during the early hours ■ of last night enemy aircraft attacked Swansea in South Wales. , Bombs damaged a considerable number of houses and business premises. but the incendiaries which were dropped were dealt with very promptly. A number of fires were started, but all had been extinguished early this morning. A number of persons were killed. A short attack was made on London. causing some damage but few casualties. In several other parts of London, causing some damage but few casualties. In several other parts of England I and at one point in eastern Scotland ‘ raiders caused some damage but no i large casualties. Most of these casu- | allies were at a point in the Home; Counties. All the raids had finished soon after midnight. An earlier communique issued by the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security stated that there was a small amount of enemy activity yesterday afternoon, mainly over York-; shire and Lincolnshire. Some bombs were dropped, but reports indicated that little damage and few casualties were caused.

GERMAN REPORT

(Received This Day. 10.55 a.m.) BERLIN. February 20.

A communique announced that planes effectively attacked aerodromes in the Midlands, port installations on the Isle of Wight factories in Scotland and docks in London, Swansea, Plymouth and Chatham.

DAMAGED IN RAID

SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS SUFFER HEAVILY,

(British Official Wireless.)

'Received This Dav. 9.52 a.m.) RUGBY. February 2(1. It is now revealed that the Southwark Cathedral in London, was damaged in a recent air raid. The cathedral, which is used as a church, has nearly 900 years of tradition, and a large number of literary associations.

One of the stained glass windows, reported undamaged, commemorates John Harvard, the founder of the American University, who was baptised in the church.

Widespread damage was done to stained glass windows commemorating Shakespeare, Chaucer. Doctor Johnson and other great figures associated with Southwark. LONDON HOSPITALS HIT BY GERMAN BOMBS. PATIENTS KILLED IN THEIR BEDS. (Received This Dav. 9.5 a.m.) LONDON" February 20. The now almost invariable rule that the Luftwaffe, in raiding London. does the greatest damage to hospitals, held true last night, when a high explosive bomb scored a direct hit on a block of three male wards in a London County Council Hospital. Two bombs extensively damaged a children’s hospital and a number of patients were killed in their beds and otliers seriously injured. Doctors, nurses and rescue squads worked throughout the night at the first hospital and saved many lives, the doctors having to operate on some of the badly injured. Nurses carried; others across an iron bridge from, a part of tlie block still standing An-1 glican and Roman Catholic chaplains j teamed up in helping moving injured persons to safety The rescue work j was completed before dawn