AMERICAN RAID

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24537, 20 March 1943, Page 7

AMERICAN RAID

(JEBMAN U-BOAT YARDS HEAVY OPPOSITION MET LONDON, March 1!) American Flying Fortresses and Liberators flew to Germany yesterday afternoon and bombed U-boat yards near Bremen. This raid was the deepest penetration into German}' proper yet made by the Americans. In clear weather the strong force of heavy bombers scored many hits on the important yards. From the time they crossed the Friesinn Islands the pianes met heavy opposition. As many as 75 enemy fighters were reported in the air at one time and a number were destroyed or damaged. Two American bombers did not return. Venturas, escorted by Spitfires, attacked objectives at Mnssluis, near Rotterdam, yesterday afternoon, states an Air Ministry communique. Some enemy fighters were encountered and two were destroyed by our fighters. None of our aircraft is missing. NEW PLANE-CARRIERS OUTPUT SIX A MONTH 'Heed. 7.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18 The production of a new type of dual-purpose aircraft-carrier, to be delivered at the rate of six a month, was announced by Mr. Henry Kaiser. The new carriers, besides doing ordinary naval carrier duty, will serve as aeroplane transports. The first will be launched about April 5 The carriers will be built on 12 shipways in Canada. The vessels will bo -187 feet long, with a flight deck 514 feet long. SHANGHAI ROUND-UP CHUNGKING, March 18 According to the Central News Agency, the -Japanese rounded up all British and Americans still at liberty in Shanghai, of whom 58 were murdered or committed suicide, during the week en d eel las t Wed n esd av. It is understood that only a portion of the British and Americans in Shanghai were imprisoned after the attack on Pearl Harbour. There was a second round-up in November and another in December. Now all those remaining have been placed in concentration camps. MINISTER TO MOSCOW (Recti 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, March IS Mr. L, D. Wilgross, Canada's first Minister to Moscow, has arrived and presented his credentials to President Kalinin. Mr. Wilgross is a fluent Russian linguist.