We raid Berlin twice in a day
Title
We raid Berlin twice in a day
Description
Article headlines: 'We raid Berlin twice in a day', Goering is "Blown Off the Air" by RAF, explosions heard over wireless, only one bomber missing. Recounts two daylight attacks on Berlin on 10th anniversary of Nazi Germany. Operation carried out by Mosquito.
Date
1943-01-31
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Type
Format
One newspaper cutting mounted on a scrapbook page
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Identifier
SValentineJRM1251404v10055
Transcription
THE OBSERVER, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1943
We Raid Berlin Twice in Day
Goering is “Blown Off The Air” by the R.A.F.
Explosions Heard Over Wireless
Only One Bomber Missing
Twice within five hours in broad daylight yesterday – 10th anniversary of Nazi Germany – bombs crashed down on the centre of Berlin as the German people were being warned by their leaders of “unimaginable duress” before the winter is over.
It was the first time in history that Berlin has been bombed in daylight. Both attacks were made by Bomber Command twin-engined Mosquitoes – the world’s fastest bomber.
It was a demonstration to the German people of the power of the R.A.F. to penetrate to the heart of Germany even by day.
For an hour during the first raid the R.A.F. kept Goering away from the “mike” – probably the most humiliating hour of his gangster life, for it was he who promised the Germans that no British bomb should fall on their country.
Every Mosquito came back safely from the first 1,400 miles round trip, which must be flown mainly over enemy territory, and only one is missing from the second.
We Raid Berlin Twice in Day
Goering is “Blown Off The Air” by the R.A.F.
Explosions Heard Over Wireless
Only One Bomber Missing
Twice within five hours in broad daylight yesterday – 10th anniversary of Nazi Germany – bombs crashed down on the centre of Berlin as the German people were being warned by their leaders of “unimaginable duress” before the winter is over.
It was the first time in history that Berlin has been bombed in daylight. Both attacks were made by Bomber Command twin-engined Mosquitoes – the world’s fastest bomber.
It was a demonstration to the German people of the power of the R.A.F. to penetrate to the heart of Germany even by day.
For an hour during the first raid the R.A.F. kept Goering away from the “mike” – probably the most humiliating hour of his gangster life, for it was he who promised the Germans that no British bomb should fall on their country.
Every Mosquito came back safely from the first 1,400 miles round trip, which must be flown mainly over enemy territory, and only one is missing from the second.
Citation
“We raid Berlin twice in a day,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21997.
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