DAYLIGHT RAIDS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1941, Page 5

DAYLIGHT RAIDS

OVER GERMANY AND FRANCE

Bold Extension of R.A.F. Offensive'

ATTACKS ON ENEMY NAVAL BASES AND INDUSTRIES ELEVEN BOMBERS LOST IN NIGHT OPERATIONS I A )X DO X', June 30. The R.A.F. continued its great offensive with a series of daylight raids over Germany and France. Early this morning an attack was made on Bremen and heavy bombers raided Kiel. This afternoon large forces of fighters escorted bombers in a sweep over Northern France. Full results g! this sweep aie not yet available, but at least three enemy fighters were destroyed. Not one of our planes is missing' from these daylight operations. The planes attacking Bremen in daylight took advantage of cloud cover and dropped bombs on the docks and on railway yards in the district. Docks and a wireless station on a Dutch island were also attacked and south-west of the island a patrol ship was bombed and destroyed. A convoy off the Dutch coast was also attacked and two ships, of 3,000 and 6,000 tons, were set on fire and are believed to have been sunk. One enemy fighter was shot down. .- A few hcurs before the first daylight raid, Bremen and Hamburg suffered a severe night attack by R.A.F. bombers. Very large fires were started, especially in Hamburg. Bremerhaven, Emden and other places were also attacked. Eleven British aircraft are missing from these night operations. A German High Command communique admits that numerous buildings in Bremen and Hamburg were damaged last night. There are no reports of bombs having been dropped anywhere in Britain today. There were small scale raids during the night and one enemy bomber was destroyed. A few bombs were dropped in the east of England, but there were no casualties or damage.