BOMBING OF KIEL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 5

BOMBING OF KIEL

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT RAID

LONDON, January 5. It is now confirmed that Kiel was the chief target of the Unite*! States bomber" and fighter forces which, raided Germany in daylight yesterday morning. The marshalling yards at Munster were also attacked. Good results are reported, despite cloud over the target. At Kiel extensive fires were started, and smoke swirled up through the clouds. Berlin radio says: "A strong force of American bombers made a terror attack on Kiel at midday yesterday, under cover of thick cloud, from a height of 20,000 to 27,000 feet. A great number of incendiaries and \phosphorus bombs were dropped, causing heavy damage, especially in the residential and university quarters. The historic castle was also seriously damaged."

The attack on military objectives in the Pas de Calais and elsewhere in France reached a still higher peak yesterday, when more than 1200 Allied, aircraft carried out an offensive from dawn to dusk. R.A.F., Dominion, and Allied fighters of the escort shot down five enemy fighters. Four of our fighters and one bomber are missing.