The Archive · 1940

Berlin's Main Airport Hit

Tempelhof Aerodrome, Power Plant Bombed — Nazi Positions Battered; Warships Hit

London, Sept. 17. BERLIN surfered yet another severe attack by British bombers when the Royal Air Force carried out extensive operations on Sunday night and in the early hours yesterday, again striking at invasion centres along the Channel, in Holland and Germany.

The German capital was visited by a harassing force which bombed military objectives to the north-west of the city, Tempel hot aerodrome (Berlin's principal airport) and a power-station which had been damaged in previous raids.

The raiders, whose visits gave Berliners the first two alarms in one night, met with anti-aircraft fire, but none of the aircraft was hit, states the Air Ministry, "Thunderstorms aver the ety caused the engine of one bomber ailasking 'Tempelhot serodreme to cut oUt twas approaching' the target, Con tinting his ran, the pilot unloaded his bombs on tne aerodrome and Ing at 3000 fest succeded in malntaining tis height on only one engine for-48 minutes until the Second one Sfurther heavy attacks were made picked UP.

concentrations of wat suppUCs, Sarges and' shipping at Hambure, Wiiheimshoven, Antwerp, Flushing, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais' and' Bou Bther forces of RAF, bombers at~ tacked distributing centres at Hamm, Gsnatbrucele, Soest and Krefeld, goods Sards at Hamburg anda. railway Jtinetion at Reine.

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