BOMBING BERLIN
SECOND NIGHT IN SUCCESSION. AMERICANS OVER THE WEST. THTRD SUCCESSIVE DAY. (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 10. Royal Air Force Mosquitos were over Berlin last night for the second night running. They picked out their targets clearly, made bombing runs and returned without the loss of a single aircraft despite the fact that there were hundreds of searchlights in action at Berlin. On the way over Mosquito crews saw huge fires still raging at Hanover 24 hours after the heavy attack by the Royal Air Force on Friday night. Photographs taken at midday yesterday show enormous craters and smoke.
The great Allied air offensive from Britain Avas continued to-day when American heavy bombers were over Avestern Germany in daylight for the third successive day. The targets Avere in western Germany, but no more details are yet aA r aila,ble. American air crews claim that during the last Aveek 308 German fighters were destroyed. The Royal Air Force added another 49. —British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 310, 11 October 1943, Page 4
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