DAYLIGHT FEAT
Bombs On Southern
Germany
R.A.F. HITS HARD
(British Oflcial Wireless.)
(Received April 19, 7 p.m.) RUGBY, April 18. It is officially stated that in daylight yesterday a number of heavy bombers of the R.A.F. bombed an important factoiy at Augsberg, miles north-west of Munich, in southern Germany. Attgsberg is the home of the huge Messerschmitt" works and it was from there that Hess flew to Britain on May 10 last year, lhe target in Augsberg was a factory which manufactures Diesel engines for submarines. The formation of Lancasters crossed the Channel in the afternoon and reached Attgsberg in broad daylight. Attgsberg is 400 miles deeper in Germany than any target previously attacked in the daytime. It is the first time Lancasters have been mentioned as participating in an operational flight. The preliminary reports of pilots show that th? works have been hit by many bombs. Last night a strong force of R.A.F. bombers also attacked the port of Hamburg, and this afternoon a small force of Hurricane bombers, escorted by squadrons of fighters, attacked targets in northern F rance.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 174, 20 April 1942, Page 5
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181DAYLIGHT FEAT Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 174, 20 April 1942, Page 5
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