A captain of one of the first aircraft to return here said that an enemy fighter was driven off by the accurate fire of his rear machine-gunner, Members of crews of the planes which swept over the island last night said they saw observers anti-aircraft fire began after the planes had left.
At 820 p.m, the agency continued, a lobe British plane appeared over the northern part of Sylt and, despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, dropped two bombs. Simultaneously, heavy firing was heard in the direction of Heligoland Bight, the agency said. Many bombs were said to have been seen to explode at Hornum on the southern point of Sylt and on the Hindenburg Dam.
"At 840 p.m." the agency said, "the detonation of a single bomb was heard and a few minutes later there was a violent explosion, followed by a brilliant flash on the island. This was followed by a series of explosions. A bomb obviously hit a munitions depot" After the detonation, the agency continued, there was frenzied antiaircraft fire and tracer projectiles of all colours lit up the sky. "It was as if a wall of fire had broken out right across the island," the Exchange quoted one observer as saying.
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