HELL LET LOOSE
BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF RHODES DESCRIBED BY AIRMEN. SHELLS AT RATE OF ONE A SECOND. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, August 16. The pilot and rear-gunner of a leading R.A.F. bomber attacking Rhodes gave a description of an aerial view of the naval attack. The gunner said the second pilot’ thought he detected lightning ahead as they were approaching the target, but discovered that it was the flashes of our naval guns. The bombardment was terrific, shells pouring in at the rate of one a second in continuous bursts. The pilot, who. is a squadron leader from Wales, said: “I led the attack on Maritza Aerodrome. Coming over the target, it seemed that hell had been let loose below. Our ships, which were quite close to the island, had taken the enemy, by surprise. The ground defences were poor and ragged. We dropped all our bombs on the aerodrome.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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155HELL LET LOOSE Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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