NEW R.A.F. BOMB
INCENDIARY TYPE Neutral Account Of Greater Effectiveness United Press Association.—copyright. Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, April 14. • The R.A.F". is dropping a new type of fire bomb over Germany which causes considerable damage and Germans. Reports from the correspondent"" of the Swedish newspaper Tidningens in Berlin states that it is many times more effective than the old type. It is cubical, contains phosphorus and is more difficult to extinguish than the ordinary incendiary. The new bombs are either dropped simultaneously with explosives or fastened to small balloons.
British fighters made several large sweeps over Northern France to-day, says British Official Wireless. in one of these a squadron of bombers was escorted in an attack on a target in Normandy, it is learned in London. Details of the bombing are not yet available, but it is known that all the bombers returned safely.
Three enemy aircraft were destroyed by our escorting fighters, two of which are missing.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1942, Page 7
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