SOMETHING GOOD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1943, Page 3

SOMETHING GOOD

TOUCHED OFF BY BOMBERS AT WILHELMSHAVEN ENORMOUS EXPLOSION SEEN BY AIRMEN. SKY LIT UP FOR MILES. LONDON, February 12. The Air Ministry announces that R.A.F. bombers last night made a heavy attack on . the German naval base at ■Wilhelmshaven, the centre of much submarine building. The R.A.F. was last over Germany four nights ago, on the same night as the German U-boat base of Lorient, on the northern coast of the Bay of Biscay, was heavily pounded. Members of the bomber crews who 'took part in the attack on Wilhelmshaven last night describe what they saw while the bombs were still falling y on the target. The attack was the 70th made.on this great German naval and U-boat base since the war began. It started just before 8 o’clock and six minutes later the crews saw an enormous explosion. It lit up the sky for'.miles under the cloudbank, before the glare died away, silhouetting the attacking bombers. “It looked as if we had touched off a store of mines or an arsenal or something pretty good,” said an airman. The Air Ministry states that bombing attacks on the port are known to have reduced seriously the production of German submarines. 4 DAMAGE AT COPENHAGEN. An echo of the last raid by R.A.F. Mosquitoes on Copenhagen is given in a message from Stockholm, which states that as a result of this raid, work in the Diesel engine works cannot be resumed for three months. ATTACKS BY DAY BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS SWEEP WIDE AREAS. ONE ENEMY AIRCRAFT OVER BRITAIN. A (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) RUGBY, February 12. Mosquitoes bombed targets in NorthWest Germany, Belgium and France this afternoon, and aircraft of the Fighter and Army Co-operation Command attacked targets in Holland, Belgium and Northern France. One fighter is missing. It is officially stated that enemy activity today has been limited to one aircraft, which crossed the south coast of England about noon and flew a short distance inland. No bombs were dropped. ASSORTED TARGETS ATTACKED BY BRITISH MUSTANGS. IN FRANCE & LOW COUNTRIES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) RUGBY, February 12. Mustang pilots of the Army Co-operation Command of the R.A.F. operated over Holland, Belgium and Northern France today, attacking 15 trains, ten barges, four trawlers, vehicles, a parade of troops and a military barracks.