AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT

Evening Star, Issue 24916, 14 July 1943, Page 3

AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT

TURIN HEAVILY BOMBED TWO THOUSAND-MILE FLIGHT ENTAILED (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 13. A heavy force of It.A.J) 1 , bombers attacked Turin last night. The bombers encountered very bad weather both ways, and a great many planes became dispersed on the homeward journey. However, the weather over the target was clear and the attack was heavily concentrated. The whole flight entailed a journey of about 2,000 miles.

A British Official Wireless message states: Last night's ■ attack on objectives in Turin by Lancasters of the Bomber Command was the heaviest yet made on any target in -Italy from bases in 'England. It came at an opportune moment, says the Air Ministry news service. As the main centre of the Fiat armament industries Turin has often been, attacked from England, but last night the Bomber Command intervened in the Sicilian campaign by attacking the railway through which "supplies pass from France to Germany Though most of the journey there and back was flown in stormy and difficult weather, there was a clear sky over the target belt. Reports agree that the bombing was both concentrated and effective. The defences were weak and seemed especially bo to crews who had recently been over the Ruhr.