BRITISH RAIDS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24085, 2 October 1941, Page 9

BRITISH RAIDS

HAMBURG AND STETTIN FURTHER ATTACKS STRONG FORCES RENT LONDON. Oct. 1 British bombers attacked Hamburg and Stettin last night for the second night in succession. Another force bombed the docks at Cherbourg. The Gorman official news agency states that a fairly large number of British planes raided towns in the Heligoland Bight and the Baltic coast last night. High explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped. Describing Monday night's raids, an Air Ministry communique states: "Stettin, Germany's important sea base on the Baltic Sea, was attacked on Monday night by a powerful force of the Bomber Command. Large fires were left burning. "Another strong force bombed tho dock area at Hamburg. Subsidiary attacks were made on the docks at Cherbourg and at Lo Havre. Eight of our bombers are missing. One of our aircraft shot down an enemy twinengined fighter and drove off another in a damaged condition. "Tho Fighter Command carried out offensive patrols over enemy aerodromes, from which two of our fighters are missing. In a dusk attack at Lannion, north-east of Brest, dispersal points and gun positions were raked with cannon and machine-gun firo, and an enemy bomber was set on fire."