R.A.F. RAIDS

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1942, Page 3

R.A.F. RAIDS

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LONDON, June 28

Bremen, which was. attacked on Thursday night in the' Royal Air Force’s third 1,000-bomber raid, was again the main- target of home-bas-. ; ed bombers in a raid on north-west Germany on Saturday night. Large, fires were left burning. When. Bremen was . attacked, oft, Saturday night, the weather was bad over-the port. A- remarkable number. of enemy night fighters were sent up, and. one -Stirling,, alone, shot dow;n three, out of five, which it encountered during the return trip. This Stirling had to come down low, and. was hit by machine-gun. bullets from a flak ship. It eventually reached, the base on three engines, but before landing, another engine caugm fire. The landing'was difficult, but the pilot made it. For. .the. week ending at dawn today,. including the Bremen , .raid, 79 R.A.F. hircraft are mi&singL. Thirteen of the 'e'riemj/i'wercT ■■ destroyed over Germany or occupied teiTitory.- DurStroybd.’ + " . • ‘ In the same > week- m- .;the-. -Middle East, 31 Axis aircraft were. destroyed and 34 R.A.F. aircraft are missing from widespread operations against enemy 1 communications in the Mediterranean. In the four weeks between the first four-figure attack on Cologne on the night of . May ..30,and the attack on Bremen on Thursday, there were billy five nights when the weather has prevented the Bomber Command from attacking the enemy. On every other night Royal Air Force bombers have been out; either to attack land targets or lay sea mines, and on many nights to do both. The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force at the parade’ pri its third anniversary, .was., congratulated by the Com-Siander-in-Chief of the- Fighter bmmand, Sir Sholtb Douglas, vt r ho: said: Without your help and accurate ..work, on .which the air defence of this country and the safety of the pilots on ■ operations depend, these could not be secured. You are replacing /men in ’ heavy, and highly skilled work, releasing them for more .active, jobs, for which they could not otherwise be spared. ON GERMAN NORTH SEA COAST. SWEDISH SAILORS’ ACCOUNT. (Rec. 10.30) STOCKHOLM. June 29. Swedish sailors returning from Bremen say that the results of.R.A. F. raids are evident along the whole German North Sea coast. The masts of wrecked vessels stick up from the water at the entrance to Emdc\y T^ e sailors were unable to get anything to eat at Bremen, despite the Swedish Consul’s efforts. GERMAN FAMILIES. LEAVE BOMBED TOWNS. RUGBY. June 28. The arrival at Oslo of several him. dred German families from the bombed towns of Hamburg. Lubeck and Rostock is reported bv a Stockholm newspaper. Thev are occupying requisitioned flats and offices, whose owners have .beefl ordered to leave at a few davs’ notice. The premises of the firms which displeased the authorities, in anv way were requisitioned. Many. German fam’lies have also arrived in the countrv districts of Norway where food is more plentiful.