MINING THE BALTIC
Systematic Work By R.A.F. Continued MEASURE WELL JUSTIFIED (British Official Wireless.) (Received August 21, 7 p.m.) RUGBY, August 20. Further information is available of the British mining of the Baltic Sea, which has been systematically carried out by the Royal Air Force Bomber and Coastal Commands since the opening of the Norwegian campaign. Over 600,000 miles has been flown oil this. duty, and the results measured both in enemy losses and disorganization of his shipping have amply justified the constant journeys. Devised after close consultation between naval and air experts, the mine-laying expeditions, it is stated, “require considerable navigational skill in their execution, and the crews of these machines take great pride in dropping their burdens with the greatest nicety in the mouths of rivers, across traffic routes, and often actually within the harbours themselves.”
Few reports of the success of these operations ever reach the public, but it can be stated that in two out of the many minefields laid 12 Nazi ships are known to have been sunk and many, more damaged.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 281, 22 August 1940, Page 9
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177MINING THE BALTIC Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 281, 22 August 1940, Page 9
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