London, Nov. 21.
Official confirmation that Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd has been taken prisoner is contained in an Air Ministry communique. ' It states: "The recently appointed Deputy to the Air Officer Ca -in-Chiet of the Middle East Command, Air Marshal Boyd, has been reported missing while crossing the, Mediterranean by air. It is now leamed that he is a prisoner of war m Italian hands"
The attack on the marshalling yard was "very heavy," according to the Air Ministry's communique.
Arms works in Pilsen, Bohemia, and munition stores and railway yards in Berlin were the main objectives of theeRAF, raids on "Tuesday night, the communique said.
"Munition stores and. other objectives in' Berlin, shipyards and docks in Kiel, Hambung asd Bremerhaven were bombed and fires and explosions occurred," the Air said.
"Among the industrial targets attacked with good results were the synthetic oil plants at. Gelsenkirchen and Hamburg and an important electrical power station in Hamborn.
"Railway yards and junctions in Bremen, Berlin, Aurich and the inland port of Duisburg and ports on the. Ruhr also were bombed." the communique added.
The Costal Command also carried out raids, attacking Lorient and the naval base of Honfleur in Normandy. Three British planes were missing, the Air Ministry said.—United Press.
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