BIG DAYLIGHT RAID
REPAIR SHOPS AT ■7 BREMEN
,-;! LONDON, March 18. ~ ■•'American' heavy bombers made a ' Eig." daylight raid on Germany today, -frhen their target was the U-boat yards near Bremen. t „' ...A. strong force of Flying Fortresses r and" Liberators carried out the attack. •The weather was clear, and many hits "i-were scored on the yard, which is engaged in the building and repair•ing of submarines. TiThere was heavy opposition from •enemy aircraft, many of which were destroyed or damaged. Two Ameritan' bombers failed to get back. (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 18. An Air Ministry communique states that this afternoon, Venturas, es■carted by Spitfires, attacked objectives at Maasluis, near Rotterdam. Some enemy fighters were encountered, and two were destroyed by our fighters. •Nope of our aircraft is missing — 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 66, 19 March 1943, Page 5
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