DUISBERG BOMBED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25015, 8 September 1942, Page 3

DUISBERG BOMBED

INDUSTRIAL CENTRE HEAVY R.A.F. RAID (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. R.A.F. bombers were again over Germany last night, when a strong force attacked Duisburg and other targets in the Ruhr. Eight aircraft are missing as the result of these operations. Duisburg was heavily bombed last month and at the end of July, and this was the fifty-fifth raid which has been made on the city. It is the largest inland port in Europe, and an important transport centre. It is the most important industrial area on the whole of the Ruhr, and its factories are packed into an area of 12 miles square. A few enemy planes were over North-east England last night, dropping bombs which caused some damage and casualties in a town. TARGETS IN FRANCE AMERICAN AIR RAIDERS (Rec. 7 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 6. A communique states that Flying Fortresses and Bostons of the United States Army Air Force, escorted by R.A.F. and Allied fighters, attacked targets in Northern France yesterday. The targets included an aeroplane factory at Meaulte, near Albert, as well as the airfields at Abbsville and St. Omer. Many squadrons of fighters escorted the bombers and made diversionary sweeps. Two Fortresses and three fighters are missing.