“HORROR” RAIDS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 April 1942, Page 5

“HORROR” RAIDS

LUFTWAFFE OVER NORWICH (Roc. 11.30 a.in. • Rugby, April 28. Last night the East Anglian town of Norwich was bombed by the Luftwaffe a reprisal. Damage was widespread and there were a good many casualties. Idany fires were started in the attack which lasted for more than an hour. Patients were among the victims when two hospitals were hit. Berlin radio makes no attempt to conceal the fact that the raids against Bath have been merely horror reprisal attacks. The radio described the town as the “spa of the British plutocrats,” adding: “These raids are hitting the right people. Bath existed for people with rheumatism, sciatica, and gout, and has been for centuries a fashionable British resort. It is clear that the raids have exclusively hit British plutocrats. Those who I ordered the attacks against Germany were responsible for these reprisals.” j -8.0. W. LOOTERS~AT~ROSTOCK SWEDISH REPORT OF EVACUATION (Rec. 12.40 p.m.) Stockholm, April 28. Since the R.A.F. attacks, looters have been active in Rostock, says the “Dagbladet’s” Berlin correspondent. Special tiains, cars and lorries have transferred practical’y the entire population from the blazing town to the country. Shipping between Warnemunde and Rostock has been suspended as a result of tin dock damage at. Rostock. The R A.F. is reported to have dropped leaflets at Stralsund warning the population to expect heavy raids. —P.A. awariTof v.c. LEADER OF \l GSBERG RAID London, April 27. Acting Squadron Leader J. D. Nettleton has been awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the recent daylight raid on Augsberg m southern Germany. Twelve of the It.A.F.’s new Lancaster bombers /lew at a low level 1000 miles to press home the attack. Four were shot down over France, and three others also failed to return. Nineteen other airmen who took part in the attack were decorated. One receive i the D. 5.0., eight the D.F.C., and 10 the D F.M. All belong to 97 and 44 Rhodesia Bomber Squadrons.—P.A.