R.A.F. GOES FAR AFIELD

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 6, 2 October 1941, Page 7

R.A.F. GOES FAR AFIELD

Stettin Again Bombed FURTHER ATTACK ON HAMBURG (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, October 1. For the third night in succession ■R.A.F. bombers have flown more than 1000 miles to attack vital Axis war targets. Last night Hamburg and Stettin, which had been bombed the previous night, were again the main objectives. The docks at Cherbourg were also attacked. The Germans state today that fairly large forces of R.A.F! bombers were over the Heliogoland Bight and the Baltic coast, causing damage and destruction. German night-raiders were more active over Britain, including sharp attacks on two north-east coast towns. Private houses and other buildings which received direct hits included a boarding house, where it is feared .several were killed, and also a newspaper office, where two members of the editorial staff were injured. It was later ascertained that a bomb killed four men outright. London last night completed its second successive month without an air-rai'd warning. The anti-aircraft guns have been silent for 63 days. Reporting on Monday nights R.A.F. raids, an Air Ministry communique states: "Stettin, Germany’s important sea base on the Baltic, was attacked by a powerful force of the Bomber Command. Large fires were left burning. Another strong force bombed the dock area at Hamburg. Subsidiary attacks were made on the docks at Cherbourg and Le Havre. Eight of our bombers are missing. One of our aircraft shot down an enemy twinengined fighter and drove off another in a damaged condition. The Fighter Command carried out offensive patrols on Monday over enemy aerodromes, from which two of our fighters are missing, says a Royal Air Force communique. In a dusk attack at Lannion, the dispersal points and gun positions were raked with cannon and machine-gun fire, an'd an enemy bo.rnber was set on fire. The War Office announces that 600 enemy planes have now been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain. The 600th was a night bomber claimed by gunners in the north. Infantry say that after the gunners had fired only 32 rounds, the plane burst into flames and crashed into the sea.