Attacks on rail communication eons tres in Germany were widespread, Goods yards at Cologne, Hamburg fand Krefeld and railway junctions at Osnabrucek, Nordhausen and Mildesheim were struck by. heavy-calibre bombs." The aircraft which started a fire in a goods yard at Muenster, came finder "heavy antiaircraft fire and suffered several hits from shell spun" ters in the wings and fuselage, An aerodrome at Rheine, struck by. a salvo of heavy-calibre bombs, was Ti'up by flashes of two terrific explosions which threw debris high into the air.
Docks and shipping at Imuiden, hing and Den Helder came in for yet another aerial bombardment and At both Flushing and Den Helder tires were started.
The severe conditions in which the raid on Berlin was carried out were escribed by pilots engaged. The ald. way the earliest yet. made on Berlin, the frst Brilish bombers Feaching the capital at 8 pin, GMT.
snowstorm was raging overt city and made the task of tara location extremely dificult, but, after dropping flares, the first raiders sueceeded in finding their objectives, Driving snow, "however, obscured observation of the results.
The early part of the Journey to Berlin was. grand, said the pilot the first alreratt to reach the capital. "Visibility was excellent and we could see the stars in an almost loudiess sky. Then, quite suddenly, we ran into a snowstorm which Kept lus company all the way to Berlin and most of the way back.
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Some of the fine powdery mow bicw'into, my cockpit. and tay" 00 Tches thi the dasiboard Fen 'Tov make matters, worse, the wind: freon of the two, fron ooknite tore' completely covered s0 that we Tow many miles almost "tind Pending entirely upon our inst SWe had hoped 10 get lear of the cee fad Berlin, but it nothing Ht was worse when"
Svea. Sun we managed to find the Tavgeia large electrical works—and bombed it through the snow "Anoiher pill, who visited the outs skits of Beri, was fess fortunate 'We' ran ito the nae fine powdery nove and at one time 1 looked like Sihping showman, "When we test ran {nto snow 1 climbed, hoping to tind things eter higher" pr but_slmost tance the. controls began to shox Sine of freeting up. 80 we came own and for 38 minutes flew a3 Couple of thousand fect "Brice we ran into a terse antic ieraft_ barrage though even that lat warm usu much?
An exciting adventure. befell anther British: sirerait when fame "iced tip" as it approached the German capital. Fising ata stent feign the machine spin and in order to lighten it the Filet let go bombs. The spin. hows ver, persisted and the crew were London Defences Repel Raiders London, Oct. 31.
Highly-effective British anti-aircraft batteries. yesterday repelled "German mass raids on the capital and downed rine enemy raiders, the Air Ministry Feported. The British meanwhile lost five' planes, but the pilot of one wax saved, It was reported.
Tt was the second successive might that the anthalreraft barrage, coupled with, Royal Air Fores. planes, kept London safe from mass attack.
newly-placed barrage belt along the. south-east coast, extending 10 riles' Inland, was aid to have sur prised and turned back Naal raiding planes which used the usual "Tanes™ approach to London.
The official communique said that attacks throughout England were not fon a heavy scale, although houses were hit in. several places. Damaue on the whole was slight and casuals ties were few."
'The night raids were confined main-to London and the southern evea of England, the communique said, ahd afew bombs were dropped. the Midlands. "Most raids were made during' the early evening, while night raids ceased some time before "day the communique added, 'Many bombers were driven' back and "some of them jettisoned their bombs in. fields, sad" reports Light, sporadic gunfire began the right alarm period and the drone of plane motors was "audible in the distance. above the clouds, For several hours prior 10 mid" night, however, "there was \a pro-Tonged "Full and not even gntisalr= craft fire was heard.
'Approximately six' German planes were reported operating in the London are. earlier in the evening.
taldert were more active, however, other parts of England. O11 bombs and high explosive bombs were Gropped at frequent intervals southeast England and in a coastal village, It was reported.
Other raiders were reported over a town north-west of Liverpool at 7 pam 'The' Air Ministry and Ministry: of Home Security announced that seven German raiders were destroyed over Britain during daylight attacks yess terday. Four British planes were reported missing.
single enemy aircraft dropped several bombs in" north-west - Eng Tana and there were some earualtics, Including a small number of persons Killed." the communique said—United Press.
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