1941-03-10 — Page 41

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