"REALLY EFFICIENT"

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 11

"REALLY EFFICIENT"

RAIDS ON BREMEN

WHAT A SAILOR SAW

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, January 30. An interesting sidelight on the effectiveness of the British air raids on Germany, such as that carried out last night on Wilhelmshaven, is thrown by an interview in the Stockholm newspaper "Arbetaren" with a sailor who has paid regular visits to a German port. He said: "The English air raids have been really efficient during the last months. Previously the traces of bombing at Bremen were practically invisible and air raids were rare, but on my return there in December changed conditions were noticeable —bomb destruction was everywhere and the alerts were sounding regularly every night. . MONTH IN PORT. "The necessity to remain in port for one month discharging and loading proves the difficulties .that were created by the bombing. At the same time the Germans have a wonderful capacity for speedily removing traces of the bombing. "During one attack a Finnish steamer was sunk and my boat was damaged, though it was able to go to Sweden for repairs. , "The population takes the bombing stoically, but the British air raids are producing a psychological effect, as the people are commencing to feel a curious admiration for the English, who in spite of the deadly German bombing still return with ever-increasing' force. This admiration is slowly changing towards doubt of the reliability of th<_ German bulletins. "Questions are boing asked how the English possibly can increase the intensity of their air raids if their own damage is as great as is asserted. "The English bombers show no respect for the German anti-aircraft defence, and it is possible to note their repeatedly returning to a certain position before dropping bombs."