TARGET PRACTICE FOR R.A.F.
Heligoland E-Boat Pens To Be Bombed
(Rec. 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 4.
The Royal Air Force is soon resuming raiding with the biggest and best bombs, says The Daily Mail. The targets will be the E-boat pens at Heligoland, which escaped serious damage in the heavy R.A.F. raids and naval shelling. They are constructed of tremendously thick reinforced concrete and their escape is one of the war’s strangest flukes, because the island was terribly pounded. ■ The R.A.F. next month intends to indulge in target practice with the intention of making sure that the pens never again harbour E-boats. It is possible that the newest and biggest bomber, the Avro Lincoln, will be used. It has so far not seen operational service.
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Southland Times, Issue 25795, 5 October 1945, Page 5
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