WIDE OPERATIONS.
MANY TARGETS ATTACKED.
OIL PLANTS AND DOCKYARDS.
(Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) . ■ ■ LONDON,. October .30,
Despite thick and severe icing conditions, extensive Royal Air Force operations were carried out over Germany last night. A communique states:
“Berlin was attacked. Fires were started at oil plants at Hamburg, Magdeburg and Sterkrade, and shipyards and docks were bombed at Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Den Helder, Ymuiden, Flushing and Ostend. Other aircraft attacked railway communications, aerodromes, searchlight batteries, and anti-aircraft gun positions in Germany and occupied territory. Two of our planes are missing.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 17, 31 October 1940, Page 5
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