British aviators returning from the seventh Royal Air Force raid on the German air base at Stavanger, Norway, in six days reported last night that heavy damage had been inflicted during the latest raid.
Waves of R.A.F. bombers were said to have roared over the new German base for an hour, dropping tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs by moonlight. The skies over the German aerodrome blazed from two large fires set by the British bombs, the pilots reported. German planes were set afire on the ground, and runways were pitted with bomb craters, and the air control tower and other buildings were sel afire, British airmen reported.
All British planes returned from the raid safely despite a ring of steel thrown round the German aerodrome by anti-aircraft batteries.
The Air Ministry here released photographs of earlier British raids on Stavanger. The photos showed a dozen German seaplanes anchored in the calm inlet,
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