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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1940

R.A.F. SUCCESSES Extensive Damage At Stavanger And Aalborg

GERMAN PLANES DESTROYED ON THE GROUND

LONDON, TO-DAY.

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE R.A.F. RAIDS ON STAVANGER AND AALBORG SHOW THAT THE DAMAGE DONE WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WAS AT FIRST OFFICIALLY REPORTED. BOTH RAIDS WERE RETURN VISITS, · FOR BOTH STAVANGER AND AALBORG, AS WELL AS CHRISTIANSAND, WERE BOMBED ON SATUR- DAY NIGHT.

Sunday night's attack on Stavanger was carried out by strong forces of long-range bombers in the light of the full moon. They found 50 Ger- man 'planes spread around the edge of the aerodrome.

One British 'plane swooped down on a group of 15 standing close together and dropped a salvo of 10 bombs. At least six were destroyed and others were badly damaged.

Another British bomber sowed line of high-explosive bombs right across the aerodrome and then started several fires with incendiary bombs.

A third 'plane turned back after flying over the aerodrome to machine gun a number of German 'planes, at least two of which went up in flames. Machine-gun attacks were carried out on German batteries and search- lights.

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The British 'planes met with centrated pom-pom and machine-gun fire, but all returned safely.

a Several fires caused by Saturday's

attack were still burning.

One R.A.F. 'plane is missing from this raid.

This time, the aerodrome defences were not caught napping. Searchlights went into action and intense gun-fire was opened on the British 'planes,

Fires Left Blazing

London, To-day.

It is understood that in the course of Sunday night's air raid on Aalborg When the first British raider arriv-numerous hits were made on the land- ing ground with high explosives, and

FIRES STARTED

were left blazing in different parts of

the aerodrome.

ed at Aalborg, it found night flying six fires started by incendiary bombs operations in progress. The aero- drome's boundary lights were on; a flare path was in place; and four Nazl 'planes were about to land. They made off in a hurry when the bomber start ed its attack.

Many bombs were dropped all over the flying field and six fires were started.

One pilot, approaching from a height the of only 100 feet,, found most of searchlights could not be depressed to such a low level and he was able to place an accurate salvo of bombs on the road near the control tower.

ACCURATE BOMBING

GROUNDED PLANES DESTROYED One pilot came down to only 100

A powerful force of long-range feet and found that the searchlights bombers raided Stavanger aerodrome. could not be depressed so low! He One of the raiders dropped 10 bombs was able to place an accurate salvo of from a low altitude on a groùp of bombs on a road leading to the aero-about 15 enemy aircraft, of which at drome control tower.

least six were destroyed and the others

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believed badly damaged.

One machine, in a low level attack,

ITALIAN WARSHIP FOR SWEDEN

Cartagena, To-day. Four destroyers which Sweden bought from Italy In December, have arrived hore on 'route Sweden.

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The squadron, which includes the transport ship Patriola, will proceed to Sweden after two de stroyers which collided have been repaired. Reuter.

GERMANS COMPLETELY OUTWITTED

London, To-day.

Military experts in London express keen satisfaction at the speed with which the extremely successful opera- tion of effecting the junction of British and Norwegian forces in the east of Norway was conducted.

The Germans appear to

COMPARISON have been definitely puzzled OF LOSSES AT SEA

regarding the whereabouts of the British troops. Broad- casts suggest that in Ger- many they had been com- pletely puzzled as to the whereabouts of the British

The fact that one recent German

London, To-day. German naval casualties during these early stages of since the outbreak of the war

the Norwegian campaign. total 24 without including broadcast roundly declared there were the large number of sub-no British troops in or near Narvik marines sunk by Allied ac- tion.

In the same period, Britain lost 18 warships, including five submarines and the armed. merchant cruiser "Rawalpindi.”

One capital ship has been lost out of 15 such ships completed before the beginning of the war. One aircraft carrier out of seven has been lost. 'No cruisers have been lost..

It is added that even if Germany had suffered no naval losses, the vast preponderance of naval forces possess- ed by Great Britain over Germany, would scarcely have been affected by these losses.

But Germany has thus suffered while the strength of the British Navy, it is pointed out, is being constantly in- creased as a result of huge warship building programmes.-Reuter.

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which, according to a later broadcast, was of no strategic importance what- ever, suggests that in Germany authorities were without information as to what was going on.

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The mountainous nature of country over which the Norwegian campaign will be waged will involve mobile the employment of small forces. There will, it is anticipated, be no room for big attacks. Conse- quently junior officers, N.C.O.'s and private soldiers will have full scope to show individual initiative.

Artillery employed will probably be confined to light mountain guns.

MORALE HIGH

It is now clear that the next few weeks will test the possibility of the Germans maintaining a force upon land by air alone in the northern part of the country.

British forces who had made con- tact found the morale of officers and

Mrs. Baldwin, residing at No. 15, men of the Norwegian army very high, Observatory Road, reports that be- Hitherto equipment was lacking but tween 7 a.m. and 8 am. yesterday anmore arms are now being supplied. overcoat was stolen from her room. British Wireless,

GERMANS LOSE 100 PLANES IN ONLY FIVE DAYS

London, To-day.

sowed a line of high explosive bombs AUTHORITATIVE QUARTERS in London calculate

across the aerodrome and also started

| several fires with incendiary bombs.

Another plane machinegunned a line of enemy aircraft, two of which burst into flames.-Reuter..

SWEDISH VESSELS

ATTACKED

Stockholm, To-day. Two Swedish fahing boats were machine-gunned by German 'planes I territorial waters yesterday off the west coast of Sweden. The 'planes flow low to attack.

that in one period of five days since the Scan- dinavian war began the Germans lost 100 planes.

It is understood that British bomb- ers met no opposition from German fighter planes during the last raid on Aalborg and no organised fighter re- sistance throughout "the war in any night raid.

This is thought in authoritative cir- cles to indicate that the Nazi fighter. squadrons cannot trust Messersch midts for landing at night.

Another theory is that the German fighter pilots are not trained for night According to the owners, the na- | flying, — Reuter, tionality of both vessels was clearly.

could not escape obser from the height at which the

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