LONG FLIGHTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 October 1941, Page 5

LONG FLIGHTS

MADE BY R.A.F. BOMBERS HAMBURG AND STETTIN AGAIN MAIN OBJECTIVE. ENEMY RAIDS ON BRITAIN CAUSE CASUALTIES. • (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. October 1. For the third night in succession R.A.F. bombers have flown more than 1000 miles to attack vital Axis war targets. Last night Hamburg and Stettin, which had been bombed the previous night, were again the main objectives. The docks at Cherbourg were also attacked. The Germans state today that fairly large forces of R.A.F. bombers were over the Heliogoland Bight and the Baltic coast, causing damage and destruction. German night-raiders were more active over Britain, including sharp attacks on two north-east towns. Private houses and other buildings which received direct hits included a boarding house, where it is feared several were killed, and also a newspaper office, where two members of the editorial staff were injured. It was later ascertained that a bomb killed four men outright. London last night completed its second successive month without an airraid warning. The anti-aircraft guns have been silent for 65 days. The War Office announces that 600 enemy planes have now been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain. The 600th was a night bomber claimed by gunners in the north. Infantry say that after the gunners had fired only 32 rounds, the plane burst into flames and crashed into the sea. LARGE FIRES STARTED IN INDUSTRIAL CITIES. NUMEROUS AREAS BOMBED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) RUGBY, October 1. An Air Ministry communique states: “For the second night in succession the Bomber Command attacked objectives at Hamburg and Stettin. Many large fires were left among the docks and industrial quarters of both cities. 1 The docks at Cherbourg were also attacked. Dockside buildings were hit and large fires were started. “Beauforts of the Coastal Command bombed a factory, shipyards and oil depots at Nantes. Blenheims of the same command bombed docks at St. Nazaire, and an enemy aerodrome near Lorient. “Hudsons, on patrol off the Dutch coast, attacked an enemy convoy. A large supply ship was hit amidships, and a smaller ship set on fire. “Fighters, on an offensive patrol, attacked aerodromes in enemy-occupied territory. “From all these operations, one aircraft of the Bomber Command is missing.”