1941-09-09 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 9, 1941

Berlin Aflame In Bright Moonlight

A PICTURE OF BERLIN AFLAME IN MOONLIGHT SO BRIGHT THAT STREETS AND CROSSINGS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE AIR WAS GIVEN BY THE CREWS OF BRI- TISH BOMBERS WHICH ATTACKED · THE GERMAN CAPITAL ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

One pilot described how he saw bombs burst in the middle of the city and start fires. "There were flashes all round,” he said, “and' buildings were lit up or silhouetted against the glare."

According to the Air Ministry News Service, crews coming in from the West saw the first chain of lakes bright in the moonlight and then the River Spree and the streets of Berlin.

Ove- much of the enemy country we were flying at about 5,000 feet and had to paso through a large belt of search. lights. Later wo had to come down even lower." Eventually after the crew had "You could see the streets and jettisoned everythine possible, the street-crossings," said one gun-bomber landed at the first aero/ drome after crossing the English coast with very little petrol to

ner.

"You could easily identify the bigger buildings. It was so bright that you

could even make out traffic moving along some streets. I expect most of it was fire-en- gines. Soon raging fires made

even better landmarks ns the bombers came in thick and fast. "Buildings and streets awav

spare.

The bomber was pierced with shapnel holes and the dinghy was shot away.

Good Night

The observer

of a Wellington who has been on 42 raids had

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from the fires were glowing red in very different story to te I describ the light of flames." ら

ing it as one of the best nights I ever had."

A Battle Scene

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J. P. ABSENT

FOR 20 YEARS

A magistrate who lives opposite, 'a police court has never attended for 20 years and never signed a summons in that time.

That allegation was máde by Dr. Peters (L.. Nat.; Hunts) in the Commons the Justices (Supplemental List)

Bill.

FURTHER

SINGAPORE AIR POWER

BY

THE OFFENSIVE STRENGTH He added: "You could 500 OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN everything perfectly and we had THE FAR EAST HAS BEEN no trouble

REINFORCED with fighters. W. FURTHER went straight in and found what we were looking for and came straight out. You couldn't ask for anything better than that." Another Wellington came home with 12 holes in the fuselage and wings.

A rear-gunner told of a battle between a twin-engined British bomber and a German fighter. "We spotted the bomber caught in the searchlights," he said, "it was on its way back. Then we saw the fighter with its tracer bullets going into the cone of the search lights from the darkness outside. "Then the fighter dived down in flames. We saw it hit the

Last ground and blow up. saw of the bomber it was going suit, tunic and shorts were torn on with one engine on fire, flying by shell splinters.--Reuter. straight and level. I hope the crew made it."

we

"We flew right over the city," said an observer. "Flak was there but we have been shot at worse in other places,

"One of the new high explo- sive bombs went off as we were going in and another as wers coming out. Both of them went off with a terrific red flash which seemed to hang in the air for a few seconds."

The navigator said that when

The rear-turret controls

were cut by Bak one turret door was shot off and the rear-gunner's parachute harness and life-saving

V

INDIAN TROOPS' TRUST

Practically all R.A.F.

THE ARRIVAL" IN SİNGAPORE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THE LATEST TYPE OF LONG-NOSE BRISTOL BOMBERS.

AND BLENHEIM

For some months it has been R.A.F. In Malaya by aircraft from the policy to s'rengthen the the United States, but in recent weeks, apart from the arrival of large numbers of officers and men, there arrived from British factories maintenance · équipment together with complete aircraft.

This means that the R.AF. in the Far East is now being fed in men and material from-the Unit- ed Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Reuter.

BRITAIN'S

his own new bomb went of aerodromes in Malaya are! GOOD CROP

Everything went up. After that guarded by detachments|

we came out very calmly and peacefully. Nobody notice of us at all."

took

any

Immense Fire Many crews asked whether the Russians were over Berlin as well. "We should like to meet the there," said one pilot. “I went-in from the East so the Germans

may have thought I was Russian. I hope they did, Any way Be lin was under such heavy fire that] the Germans may well have thought there were two air forces going for them."

"DESPITE THE WEATHER IT

of the Indian Expedition-

IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE ary Force.

FINAL WEIGHT OF CROPS Some units defending the aero- GROWN THIS YEAR WILL EAS- dromes belong to the Indian ILY CREATE A RECORD FOR Army, while others are infantry THE CENTURY," SAID MR. R. and placed at the disposal of His AGRICULTURE, IN AN EXCLU- S. HUDSON. MINISTER OF Majesty by their Rulers.

SİVE STATEMENT TO REU- TER'S POLITICAL CORRESPON-

battalions raised in Indian States

All the men know the mark-

lnge of United States, German, DENT YESTERDAY IN LON Italian, Thai, Japanese and Dutch aircraft. They have been given DON.

This bumper harvest had been instructions in regard to dealing with diye bombers, parachutists, gathered in difficult weather con- etc., and the experience gained in ditions and could only have been Norway,

Greece and Crete is successful with the enormous co- Reports from many other

operation which was so splendidly being incorporated. stations give a more general pic- ture of the success of the attack.

Recently, a realistic demonstra- gives by all sections of the com- There was an immense fire near tion showed simply the thorough-munity. the Alexanderplatz, smoke from ness and far-sightedness with which stretched miles, to the East. which the preparations are being

- Reuter. Bombs were seen, to hit buildings, made in this regard. factories, warehouses and rally way yards. One crew reported groups of 50 small fires send- ing up a column of smoke several thousand feet high," "An- other crew reported three large

ORDERED

fires which they saw for 25 min OUT OF

utes after leaving the city and even then they were lost sight of be- cause of a cloud.

There were fires in all parts of the city. In the industrial suburbs

as well as in the centre.

Five Fighters

VOLGA

In addition to the regular farni workers and women's land army, re has been constant work by school-boys and girls. Reuter,

CONTROL OF MOTOR CAR OUTPUT

The production of passenger motor-cars for sale in Canada in (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" 1942 19 to be curtailed to approx * DETERMINED TO PREVENT imately 44% of that in 1940, 80- GERMAN ESPIONAGE AND cording to an Order-in-Council SABOTAGE, THE SOVIET PRE- announced in Ottawa yesterday by Some idea of the defences of SIDIUM HAS ORDERED THE the Minister of Munitions, Mr. Berlin and what some British ENTIRE GERMAN POPULATION Howe crews had to face was given by OF THE VOLGA REGION TO Production in 1940 was appre the story of a Manchester crew, BE SHIFTED TO FERTILE imately 9,500 cars. Th which avoided five enemy fight AREAS IN SIBERIA, ers on their way to Berlin. "Then we were hitby flak," said a pilot "it went on and bombed. It is believed that the order ins | wrap

"I found that the port engine volves some tens of thousands of was rapidly getting hotter and to ex-Germans who will be settled in it is pointed out that the prevent its seizing, I stopped the regions adjacent to Omsk and will avoid the necessity for direct engine. There seemed little Novosibirsk and be, given land to Russian action against the chance of making the long journey supporte

Volga: population. In the eve

reserves to Government the The move is to proceed with all to restrict or entirely possible speed.

motor-car production. Her

home but we set a course and hope The Germans have been on the pro-Nazi uprisings Internt cd for the?bestim

Volga since the 18th centus 2

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