OUT IN STRENGTH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 March 1943, Page 3

OUT IN STRENGTH

R.A.F. AGAIN BLASTS NUREMBERG GREAT FIRES AND DAMAGE IN FACTORY AREAS MARSHALLING YARDS LEFT ABLAZE. LONDON, March 9. Last night’s R.A.F. raid on Nuremberg, in Southern Germany, was carried out by a strong force of four-engined bombers. Once again they dropped the heaviest bombs, 8000 pounders, as well as tens of thousands of incendiaries. Nuremberg, apart from its sentimental association for the Nazi Patry, is a big traffic centre, and has many important factories in its northern area. Fires were left burning in this area, and some crews reported that the marshalling yards were ablaze. In the northern district one big explosion was followed by a black cloud of smoke rising to 4000 feet. The flak was not intense. The Germans seemed to be depending on close co-operation between searchlights and night fighters to break up the attack. Seven bombers were lost. One enemy night fighter was shot down. A few hours previously, German sirens were set going by Whirlwind bombers which attacked railway targets at Lingen, in north-west Germany, 50 miles from Munster. Railway targets were attacked. Mosquito bombers made attacks over northern France, and one failed to return. SNEAK RAIDS ON BRITAIN CASUALTIES IN SOUTH COAST AREAS. LONDON, March 9. Two German sneak raiders suddenly appeared over a town on Britain’s south coast this evening and dropped a number of bombs, which fell in a thickly populated shopping district. There were a number of casualties. Bombs were also dropped on another south coast town, and a train standing in the station was machine-gunned. There were a number of casualties and some people were killed. In the London area air raid sirens sounded this afternoon, but the all clear was given soon afterwards. It is reported that no raider actually reached the city area. GREAT DAMAGE ADMITTED BY GERMAN NEWS AGENCY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.32 a.m.) RUGBY, March 9. The raid on Nuremberg caused great damage, according to the German news agency. The raid was the sixth by the R.A.F. on this important rail junction, serving Munich, Vienna and the south, the last raid being on the night of February 25. Besides having great war factories Nuremberg has engineering works, producing tanks, armoured vehicles, Diesel engines, aircraft and component parts.