Telegram from London, dated October 1st, 1940 1. Naval. September 30th, His Majesty's Australian ship STUART in cooperation with flying boat sunk Italian submarine off Alexandria. Coastal battery at GRIS NEO shelled Dover morning of September 30th. One civilian killed and seven wounded. 2. Royal Air Force. In spite of unfavourable weather conditions successful attacks were carried out on the night of September 29th-30th. on six railway marshalling yards, oil plant at MAGDEBURG, BOSCH factory and gas works at STUTTGART, oil refinery at HANOVER, power station near ANTWERP, aircraft factory at AMSTERDAM, nine aerodromes in Germany and Holland and the Channel ports. The crew of one of the bombers reported missing, now safe. September 30th, two enemy flying boats were shot down off northeast Scotland and one JU.88 off LINCOLNSHIRE coast. During the night of September 30th-October 1st, 122 aircraft attacked shipping and docks in the Channel ports, aerodrome at Berlin and Marshalling yards and a synthetic oil plant in Germany. Results not yet known. Five bombers not yet returned. 3./ |