RAIDS ON NAVAL WORKS.
VERY LARGE FIRES STARTED SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS AT KIEL. LONDON, November 27. Bombers of the Royal Air Force last night raided Berlin and other parts of Germany, and also made a trip to northern Italy. Details of the raids are awaited. Intense darkness and persistent cloud hampered the work of the heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force when they raided Kiel and Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday night. At Kiel, states the Air Ministry news service, the principal objectives were the shipyards, and at Wilhelmshaven, the" naval works and dockyards.
The raids began before 7 p.m. AH the aircraft in the first force to arrive at Kiel spent an average of half an hour cruising over the locks and floating docks before dropping their bombs. Through a gap in the clouds the pilot of one aircraft saw bombs fall on a group of dockside buildings by the water’s edge, a short distance from the original target. The pilots of other bombers which were over the target later, wore able to report that six explosions were followed by fires.
Another pilot later saw very large fires to the west of Kiel Bay. He dropped his own bombs into the fire and saw the fresh glow light up the clouds. The gasworks at Kiel were also attacked.
Some pilots sought other targets. One described how he saw his bombs burst on the docks at Hamburg and watched a red glow caused by incendiary bombs. - Heligoland was also raided and three bursts were seen there. At Willemsoord, near Den Holder, explosions were seen in the dock area.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 41, 28 November 1940, Page 5
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