BRITISH BOMBING POLICY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 100, 30 April 1942, Page 5

BRITISH BOMBING POLICY

Aimed At Enemy War

Facilities

LONDON, April 29.

The British Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, declared in the House of Commons today that the British bombing policy is to destroy the enemy's capacity to make war by bombing his war factories, means of transport, and military stores, wherever they may be found.

Sir Archibald pointed out that Rostock and Lubeck were vital ports to the enemy now that the Baltic ice was breaking:, and he said that the effects of attacks on these targets should prove of particular assistance to the Russians.

Trondheim the supply route to Murmansk can be attacked, and from Kiel the German Baltic Fleet can threaten the Russians. Last night's attack on Trondheim was the second in 48 hours. On the previous night bombers attacked the port and raided shipping off the coast and also attacked other military targets nearby. Hits were scored on two ships off Aalesund and on oil tankers in the neighbourhood. One aircraft of the Coastal Command is missing from these operations. THE KING FOLLOWS OPERATIONS. The King was present at an R.A.F. station today during another big attack by fighters and bombers over enemy-occupied territory. Many squadrons of fighters escorted Boston bombers in an attack on the docks at Dunkirk, and his Majesty was waiting at the aerodrome to welcome them on their return. He followed every stage of the raid with intense interest. While the planes were over the Channel the King was in the operations room, and he heard the pilots' radio telephone reports, including the pilots' comments on the enemy. In less than half an hour the fighters were engaged with German aircraft, and the King heard how one FockeWulf was strongly attacked and others damaged. This pilot told the King: "I put my nose up and gave him a burst. I saw him going down with smoke coming out of him." "I hope you got him," the King replied. Owing to the strict rule of the R.A.F., this plane can only count as a probable. Another pilot told the :-Cing that his crew included a Canadian, \ a Dutchman, a Free Frenchman, an Englishman, a Scotsman, and a Welshman. "Quite a League of Nations," the King .remarked.