BALTIC BASES
ATTACKED BY ROYAL AIR FORCE KIEL & ROSTOCK BOMBED. GREAT FIRES STARTED. LONDON, September 12. The R.A.F. last night attacked two German bases in the Baltic, Rostock and Kiel, used by the Germans as bases for operations against the Russian Baltic Fleet. At Rostock one pilot came down as low as 1200 .feet and dropped his bombs on the shipbuilding yards. Great fires were left burning and a fire was also started in a neighbouring seaplane base. At Kiel big fires were burning around the port and among shipping. Blenheims, escorted by Spitfires, today attacked an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast. One large ship was hit and left burning and listing to port. On their return the British planes were attacked by Messerschmitts, two of which were damaged - in a counter-attack by our forces. An offensive patrol was carried out today over the North Sea and the Dutch coast. The only enemy fighter seen was shot down. One of our planes is missing. In the course of the last night’s operations the docks at Boulogne and Le Havre were attacked. A Norwegian port and the aerodrome at Stavanger and enemy shipping were also attacked. Three of our bombers are missing.
ENEMY RAIDS FEW MACHINES OVER BRITAIN. LITTLE DAMAGE REPORTED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 12. A communique states that last night a few enemy aircraft flew over the eastern side of England, mainly in coastal areas. Some bombs were dropped, causing a little damage and injuring a small number of people. BOMBER SHOT DOWN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK CONVOY FAILS. WARSHIP'S THIRD SUCCESS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.23 a.m.) RUGBY, September 12. An Admiralty communique states that an enemy bomber which attempted to attack one of our convoys was promptly shot down in flames by his Majesty’s ship Vimiere. No damage or casualties were suffered by our convoy or escorts. This was the third enemy aircraft shot down by the Vimiere while escorting convoys.
EFFECTIVE ATTACK DETAILS OF SHIPPING RAIDS. GERMANS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY. September 12. Diving low over a German convoy in bright moonlight off West Norway last night, Hudson aircraft of the Coastal Command scored two hits on the leading ship—a medium sized supply vessel, stated an Air Ministry news service. A stick of heavy delayed-ac-tion bombs was released when the Hudson was at little more than deck high and the pilot had climbed steeply to clear the ship’s masts. As the Hudson swept over the convoy the rear gunner and wireless operator saw a violent explosion in the ship they had attacked. Escort vessels with the convoy opened up a heavy anti-aircraft fire but the Hudson returned to its base undamaged. Hudson of another Coastal Command squadron attacked a large convoy off the Dutch coast early this morning, scoring hits on one large and one me-dium-sized supply ship. The convoy was sighted off Terschelling by a Canadian sergeant-pilot, who selected the large ship for his target. The attack was delivered so swiftly that the Germans were taken completely by surprise and the Hudson encountered no opposition from the convoy. A second Hudson bombed a smaller ship and an explosion was seen on board. The docks at Haugesund and an aerodrome in southern Norway were bombed last night by Beaufort aircraft of the Coastal Command.
CONSIDERABLE FORCES USED IN BALTIC RAIDS THREE SHIPS DAMAGED ELSEWHERE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, September 12. An Air Ministry communique states that last night aircraft of the Bomber ( Command attacked objectives in Northern Germany, including Kiel and the baltic port of Rostock. The weather was not good but considerable forces bombed targets at both places and left large fires burning. The docks at Le Havre and Boulogne were also bombed. Aircraft of the Coastal Command on patrol last night bombed docks at Haugesund, an aerodrome near Stavanger and enemy shipping off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts. Two enemy ships off the Dutch coast and another off the coast of Norway were hit. Three aircraft of the Bomber Command are missing.
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