BOMBERS OVER TURIN

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5

BOMBERS OVER TURIN

Aircraft Works Attacked Raid On Berlin By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, November 24. While the Italian Air Force was suffering heavy defeats over the English Channel, in the Western Desert, Greece and Albania, British bombers last night carried out a successful attack on aircraft works at Turin. It is from there that the Italians get their replacement aeroplanes but, after last night's raids, the factories will certainly not be working full time. The attack was made shortly before midnight. Some of the British machines raided the Royal Arsenal, which was severely damaged by fires and explosions. The first arrivals dropped Incendiary bombs to light up the target. Some of the bombers attacked the steel works while others concentrated on the Fiat works. British bombers were over Berlin before eight o’clock last night. Thousands of incendiaries were dropped on a big railway yard and several large fires were started In a goods yard. Attacks were made on the Krupp munition works at Essen and fires broke out in the centre of the great arsenal. On the way to Germany one of the British bombers was attacked over the North Sea by three Junkers 88 aeroplanes. It ' ept up a running fight which lasted for 20 minutes. The British pilot said he was forced to lose altitude but he kept up the attack with the result that one German aeroplane was shot down into the sea and the other two decided they had had enough and flew away. Machines of the Coastal Command carried out attacks on Germanoccupied France, doing heavy damage to harbour installations at I’Orient and Boulogne. They also attacked a wireless station on the Norwegian coast. Two machines of the large force employed on these operations are missing. German long-range guns shelled the Dover area for over an hour this afternoon, but little damage was done. British fighters went into action and encountered several Messerschmitts in a successful fight. Watchers on the Dover coast saw one Messerschmitt dive into the sea and the remaining enemy aeroplanes raced into the clouds for safety. Soon after dark, the Royal Air Force carried out a heavy bombing attack on the gun emplacements on the French coast and explosions and fires lit up the skies for more than 20 miles around. The Royal Air Force again heavily attacked the French invasion ports tonight. Calais, Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez bore the brunt. Explosions were frequently heard from the Kent coast. Visit to Marseilles The German News Agency, quoting Vichy sources, says that the Mayor of Marseilles announced that unidentified ’planes bombed Marseilles last night Ten bombs were dropped, four persons being killed and some injured. Twenty fires were started. The Vichy correspondent of the Havas (French) news agency states that the alarm at Marseilles lasted an hour, but no aircraft were heard. A German communique says that British planes in considerable numbers flew over Reich territory. They failed to reach their objectives and dropped bombs in open country, houses being hit in one locality. Several persons were wounded. It is officially stated in Vichy that an air raid alarm sounded in Marseilles, after which several British ’planes flew over the town and neighbourhood and dropped bombs, Including 20 Incendiaries. Four women were killed and five injured. An examination of unexploded bombs and anti-Italian pamphlets leave no doubt of the nationality of the ’planes. The French Government is energetically protesting against the Royal Air Force’s unqualified and unexpected action.