R.A.F. ATTACK ON KIEL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21968, 21 May 1941, Page 5

R.A.F. ATTACK ON KIEL

Heavy Damage To Shipyards By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlgbtt LONDON, May 19. British bombers attacked Kiel last night, further damaging the important German shipbuilding yards. They also bombed the port of Emden and the docks at Cherbourg. None of the British aeroplanes are missing. The Fleet Air Arm co-operated in the attack on Cherbourg. Eight enemy aeroplanes were destroyed over or near Britain in ths last 24 hours. Two night raiders were shot down last night, one bomber was shot down this morning, and another five machines were destroyed during the afternoon. Three British machines were lost, but the pilots are safe. The Air Ministry reports that there was some enemy air activity over the south and south-east coast during the day, but the raiders did not penetrate far inland. Some bombs were dropped on the south-east coast, causing damage and some fatal injuries. Bligb’s Home Demolished It has been revealed that the centuries old manor house at Farningham, in Kent, once the home of Captain Bligh of H.M.S. Bounty, was demolished in a recent raid. The Dreadnought Hospital for seamen, at Greenwich, which in the past has cared for all nationalities, including 5000 German seamen, was seriously damaged in another raid. The nurses carried out 28 patients and had many beds available for sailors two days later.