RAID BY R.A.F.
WILHELMSHAVEN BASE
4000-POUND BOMBS POPPED
LONDON, July 9.
British bombers test night reSigned fhg|r »§§3Hlt against Geymany iij a gtrorjg attapk on Wilheimshaven,""Gerinany's moist smpqrtaitf naval base <m the Nftjth Sea*
Ifi !|}i|!, #ie §ixty-si£th r^id on the base, there "was little or no cloud, and visibility was good. Reports from the crews are described as promising, l^rge fires were seen in the area of the shipbuilding yards. A number of 40001b bombs were dropped.
The r§jd w#§ a contribution t># the R.A.F. to' the grim battle againsVGerman sea raiders. Wilhelmsh'aven is a base. |qr mineswgepgrs and egcort ve§sel^* ai}*r|"it is $nown that" the Qerniaiis "are building' a considerable number of submarines in the < shipyards. The attack was fpade fay a strong force oi bombers, arid" four failed to return.
OFFENSIVE SWEEPS
R.A.F. HUNT FOR U-BOATS
LONDON, July 9
Britain's Coastal Command is to play an even greater part in the sea war against Germany. The pilots are now swinging over to the attack, and for every plane now sent out on escort duty four are sent out on offensive sweeps against U-boats.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 9, 10 July 1942, Page 5
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