FIRES AT KIEL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1941, Page 6

FIRES AT KIEL

AND OTHER ENEMY NAVAL PORTS BRITISH DAY & NIGHT ATTACKS. FIGHTERS ACTIVE OVER NORTHERN FRANCE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, April 25. Widespread day and night bombing operations are described in an Air Ministry communique which states: “In daylight operations yesterday off the coast of Norway, Bomber Command aircraft set a tanker on fire and almost certainly destroyed it. Another formation bombed a wireless station on an island near the coast and demolished one of the buildings. "Offensive patrols were carried out over Northern France yesterday by our fighters. German fighters were ma-chine-gunned on aerodromes. From these daylight’ operations, one of our fighters is missing. “Last night, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven were attacked by a strong force of the Bomber Command. At Kiel, which was the main objective, fires were again raised in shipyards and industrial areas and a large number of highexplosive bombs added to the damage. "Other attacks were made during the night by the Bomber and Coastal commands on docks and other objectives on the coasts of Norway, Holland, Belgium and France. Two of our planes are missing from these night operations.”