FLYING BOMBS
ATTACKS MORE SUSTAINED THAN USUAL
Recd. 11 p.m. London. Aug. 23. Two flying-bomb attacks were launched from Pas de Calais against southern England before and after dawn.
They were more sustained than usual. The enemy, in each attack, fired a stream of bombs across the Channel. Anti-aircraft batteries put up the biggest curtain of lire yet. The thunder of tne barrage of thousands of shells was interspersed with the heavier explosions of the flying bombs as some were blown to pieces in thf? sky. or shot down on the coast. Observers said the ack-ack rumbled along the coast like a storm, while the air was alive with projectiles. One observer stated that, judging by the number of flying bombs and the rapidity with which they wene being sent over, the enemy was anxious to get rid of them while the going was good. Some flying bombs came inland, including the London area, causing damage and casualties.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 202, 24 August 1944, Page 5
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