-2- 3. Royal Air Force. Daylight October 24th. Single aircraft attacked shipping at Ostend, a convoy off Oeebrugge, and an aerodrome and railway targets near Calais. All returned safely. Night of October 24th/25th. Owing to unfavorable weather conditions results of night operations were generally unobserved but aircraft were detailed to attack targets as follows. Channel ports of Flushing, Ostend and Dunkirk; Rhenania Ossag oil refinery at Hamburg, bursts seen on target and fires started; Gelsenkirchen synthetic oil plant; in the Berlin area the Putlitzstrasse and Lehrter marshalling yards; Blohm and Voss ship yards at Hamburg, large fires seen in target area; docks at Rotterdam, hits observed on northern and western banks of the dock and fires started; Cuxhaven where bursts seen across docks; communications at Bottrop, Osnabruck, Emmerich, Munster and Duisburg; Neuhof electric power station at Hamburg and warehouses at Veges where 4 fires started Followed by small explosions; single aircraft also attacked aerodromes at Bahrenfeld, Haamstede, Hamm, Haltern and Dekooy and seaplane bases at De Mok and Ijmuiden. Two of our aircraft are missing. 4. German Air Force. Night of October 23rd/24th. (Further reports.) Casualties in the London area were approximately 18 killed and 33 seriously wounded. Daylight October 24th. Enemy activity was slight and limited to reconnaissances by single machines. Two/ |