OVER ENEMY AREAS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 49, 26 August 1940, Page 7

OVER ENEMY AREAS

RAIDS CONTINUE

IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES

GUN POSITIONS ALSO

PLANES USED FOR SPOTTING

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)

(Received August 26, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, August 25.

It is officially stated that the Royal Air Force bombed military objectives in Italy and Germany last night. Towns in south-west Germany, including Frankfurt, Ludwigshafen, and Stuttgart were attacked. Two British planes are missing as a result of last night's operations against Germany. All the machines returned from Italy. (British Official Wireless.) (Received August 26, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, August 25, Coastal Command aircraft carried out spotting for British artillery firing against enemy gun positions between Boulogne and Calais, states an Air Ministry bulletin, which also included further details of very widespread attacks last night on military objectives in Germany, France, Holland, and Belgium. In a raid on the Dinard aerodrome the surrounding woods were set on fire and the intensity with which they burned indicated that a large petrol store in the woods had been hit. The fires spread rapidly and brilliantly illuminated the aerodrome, with the result that the following Blenheims were able to bomb the hangars accurately. High-explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the docks and the aerodrome at Flushing, and direct hits were made on aerodromes and buildings at Crotoyon. The Daimler-Benz plant at Stutt-

gart, one of the most important armament and armoured-car factories in | western Germany, was heavily attackled and a fire soon broke out, spreadi ing rapidly until the main group of buildings was seen to be blazing. As i the flames spread heavy explosions were observed. One of the biggest explosions occurred ten minutes after the aircraft had left for home, and the fires, which were still burning fiercely in many parts of the plant, were visible from 60 miles away. Flying despite thick cloud, the raiders scored several hits on Oppau Faber Industre nitrogen plant at Ludwigshafen. Attacks were also carried out on the synthetic oil plant at Frankfurt, on an electric power station at Knapsack, ion Cologne, and on the railway station and wharf at Nehim. For the third night rimning the German long-range gun .positions around Cap Gris Nez were attacked by bombers, and more than 20 enemy-occupied aerodromes in Holland and Belgium and many parts of France were bombed.