Mosquitoes’ Sting

Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 1, 21 March 1945, Page 1

Mosquitoes’ Sting

Berlin continues to hold a high priority on the target list of the RAF. ' Mosquitoes have given the city one of its most recent poundings. Two of the main rail supply lines from the RUHR have suffered badly through an attack on two vital viaducts. _ A considerable force went for these targets using 10 ton and 5| ton bombs,

An indication of the effect of the prolonged air attacks on German industry is given in a recent official statement that only one of Germany s 20 synthetic oil plants is still operating. ' '

This systematic destruction still goes on in other objectives. Twelve hundred American heavies, flying from Britain, have attacked aeroplane factories in Southern Germany as well as other industrial targets.