ANOTHER BLOW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1943, Page 4

ANOTHER BLOW

AT GERMAN MILITARY TRANSPORT EFFECTIVE AMERICAN ATTACK. ON ANTWERP MOTOR WORKS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) RUGBY. May 5. German military transport suffered another blow yesterday, when the General Motors and Ford factories in Antwerp, long since converted to enemy use, were pounded by heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Force. A preliminary study of reconnaissance data indicates a heavy concentration of bombs in the target area. The two large factories are adjacent. The Ford plant works in association with the Ford factory at Poissy, near Paris, and both are concerned in the production of military trucks. The General Motors plant is used for the manufacture of spare parts and has long been employed as a repair, assembly and manufacturing facility by the German Army. The military importance of both factories has been enhanced considerably by the recent successful raid by American heavy bombers on the Renault factory near Paris, one of the largest German tank producing plants in enemy territory. In addition to the factory area, the bombers also attacked quayside warehouses and scored hits on a plant identified with the production of “Siebelferries,” a form of small flak barge used in the protection of harbour and offshore areas.