NAPLES BOMBED
RAIDS BY THE R.A.F.
THREE ATTACKS MADE
EXPLOSIONS & FIRES
LONDON, November 1.
Royal Air Force planes last night earned out a successful attack on the Italian port of Naples, where oil tanks were bombed. This is the first time Naples has been bombed since Italy entered the war, and all the British planes returned safely.
Three separate attacks were made. The weather was variable, but the British pilots were able to pin-point their targets without great difficulty. The first attack, which lasted threequarters of an hour, was concentrated on storage tanks in the southern outskirts of the city. Bombs were dropped which caused many explosions followed by fires. Opposition from the ground defences was slight and ineffective.
During the second attack on stations and railway junctions the bombers flew over the city at a height of less than 2000 feet.
The third attack was made on antiaircraft batteries and searchlights, and one battery was silenced.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 9
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157NAPLES BOMBED Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 9
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