RAIDS ON BRITAIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1943, Page 4

RAIDS ON BRITAIN

SOME CASUALTIES IN EAST COAST TOWNS HOUSES & COTTAGE HOSPITAL BURNED OUT. SLIGHT DAMAGE IN LONDON OUTSKIRTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 11.45 a.m.) LONDON. June 14. Raiders showered incendiaries on an east coast town, which a German communique says was Grimsby, and burned out many houses and also a cottage hospital. A number of people were killed by high explosives. With the moon approaching its peak, the Luftwaffe sent more raiders than usual over Britain last night. Whitsuntide holiday-makers in one town on the east coast of England had to leave their beds and parade the streets scantily clad, when raiders attacked the area. A large number of antipersonnel bombs, which failed to explode immediately, necessitated the closing of several streets. Raiders also attacked two other places on the east coast, where casualties included a number of persons killed. One of several raiders which crossed the south-east coast flew inland as far as Greater London. Bombs were dropped at one point, but there were no casualties and little damage. FIVE RAIDERS SHOT DOWN FOCKE-WULF DESTROYED BY NIGHT FIGHTERS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) RUGBY. June 14. It is now known that another enemy aircraft, making five in all, was destroyed in raids on this country on Saturday night. Britain's leading night-fighter team, Wing Commander Cunningham, D.S.O. and Bar, D.F.C. and rßar, and Flight Lieutenant Rawnsley, D.F.C., D.F.M., shot down a Focke-Wulf 190 last night before it could reach its objective or drop its bombs. This was Wing Commander Cunningham’s sixteenth night victory. Flight-Lieutenant Rawnsley has shared most of his night victories with Wing Commander Cunningham.

HAVOC IN RUHR SHOWN BY PHOTOGRAPHS. BREMEN SHIPYARDS ALSO HARD HIT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY. June 14. Over 30 hours after the attack on Dusseldorf last Friday night, fires were still burning in that city. Photographs show that the bombing was well concentrated. The German Official News Agency reported that races arranged at Dusseldorf for Whit Sunday did not take place, “for technical reasons.” Extensive damage to naval installations at Bremen is revealed by photographs taken after Sunday's raid. A heavy concentration of bombs burst in Haven No. 1 which is part of the Bremen shipbuilding yards, and at least a dozen hits were made in and around the Atlas Shipyards. Other hits were made in and around the Atlas Shipyards. Other hits were made on adjacent warehouses.