DIRECT HITS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1941, Page 6

DIRECT HITS

ON ENEMY COASTAL VESSELS SCORED BY BRITISH BOMBERS. EXTENSIVE DAYLIGHT PATROLS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.46 a.m.) RUGBY. April 16. An Air Ministry communique states: "Three heavily-laden enemy coastal vessels, off north-west France, were attacked at daylight yesterday by a Blenheim of the Bomber Command. Direct hits were obtained on two vessels, which were left sinking. Aircraft of the same Command made a low-level attack on Borkum at dusk. A freighter lying off the island was also attacked and hit twice amidships. "Offensive daylight patrols over the Channel and Northern France were carried out by aircraft of the Fighter Command yesterday. Two enemy fighters were destroyed. An enemy bomber was intercepted by our fighters in the afternoon and shot down into the sea south of the Isle of Wight. “One bomber and one fighter aircraft are missing from these daylight operations. In addition, an aircraft of the Coastal Command is missing from a patrol yesterday. KIEL AGAIN BLASTED. “Last night, despite unfavourable weather, considerable forces of aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked targets in Northern Germany, the principal objective being the naval base of Kiel, where many bombs fell on shipbuilding yards and fires were started. The docks at Boulogne were also bombed through gaps in the prevailing clouds. “From these night operations, two of our aircraft are missing.’