THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 10, 1941
RAID ON
BRITISH BOMBER'S DAYLIGHT
ORDEAL IN CLOUD AND SNOW KENT
IT WAS SHOCKING weather over Germany and the North Sea (states the Air Ministry News Service). Pilots of the Bomber Command returned to their bases with reports of icing, electrical storms, dense cloud, and snow. The experience of one crew of a heavy bomber served to show what our aircraft were up against,
This crew had been detailed to attack a target in Germany. As soon as they reached the Dutch coast they ran into heavy cloud.
"We tried to climb through it but couldn't," said the sergeant
up to 14,000ft
"We went pilot. without getting clear
Then it
started to snow and very soon the| outside of the front turret was. thickly covered.
There
The front gun-
ner couldn't see a thing so hel
came out.
was Show all over the top part of his clothing."
"Things got worse The speed ilicators froze up. I ask- ed the second pilot what he
-
thought, and he agreed that it seemed pretty useless trying to
mues inland, and utrning we st course for base. Ten minutes later
GERMAN RAIDS ON MALTA
Following
the sharp German air attack on London
on Saturday
night, activity by the Luftwaffe over Britain in
daylight yesterday was on a small scale, according to the Air Ministry.
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Bomba dropped at A points in the south-east short. ly after dawn Caused little damage and no serious casual. ties,
SOME DAMAGE WAS DONE BY A SINGLE AIRCRAFT WHICH DROPPED BOMBS IN EASTERN ENGLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. A SMALL NUM- BER OF PEOPLE WERE KILL- ED BUT
CASUALTIES
NOT NUMEROUS.
Daylight Sortie
German aircraft are