Evening star., 1940-11-01
WarpIanes Destroyed
In British Airdrome
Attack, Nazis Say
For-FIung Successes
On Merchant Marine
Also Reported

BERLIN, Nov. R).-Many
grounded warplanes were destroyed
in a Nazi air attack today on a
British airdrome. D. N. B.. official
German news agency, reported.
Benefitting from extraordinarily
good weather in the London region,
it said, the raiders sprinkled the
British air base with bombs from
low altitude and hit several hangers.
D. N. B. said fires were observed
also after bombardment of indus
trial plants in south coast city.
One British Hurricane fighter was
shot down and no German planes
were lost in the days air fighting,
it said.
Far-fiung successes against Brit
aims merchant marine, air force and
war industries were reported by the
German high command.
Transport Reported Sunk.
1t declared two British planes were
shot down yesterday of Norway's
west coast, one by minesweeper
and the other in air combat: that
British transport of about 5000 tons
had been bombed and sunk off the
west coast of Ireland, while British
convoy had been dispersed of Eng
lands southeast coast by German
planes.
A number of ships in the convoy
were hit, said the daily communique,
"one of them so effectively that it
remained stationary with a heavy
list" Informed sources had re-
ported this success yesterday.
The communique also told of the
successful bombing of important
armament works near Birmingham
and Bristol and an attack on a
munitions depot west of London in
which several buildings were blown
up and train was derailed.
Owing to bad weather the English
desisted from all operations in the
air yesterday" the communioue said.
Nazi aerial activity over England
during the night was limited to the
smallest scale because of bad weather,
but nevertheless London and Bir-
mingham were bombed, informed
sources reported today.
Heavy transforms gave Germany
bomblesS night, these sources
said, declaring that so far as had
been ascertained no British planes
had flown over Reich territory.
One British bomber was reported
destroyed over German-occupied
territory, however. Two other Brit
ish planes were said to have been
destroyed on the ground during at
tacks on England.
A number of railway warehouses
in city on the southeast coast of
England were set afire yesterday
by German air raiders, informed
Nazi sources reported last night.
The flames were spread by a
strong breeze from the sea, they
said. The city was not identified
Hangers and other buildings at
the Birmingham airport, in the
heart OF BrltalnS industrial Mid
lands, were heavily damaged in an
other raid, the Germans said.
Dive bombers also blew up a we'll
concealed munitions dump in South
ern England yesterday afternoon,
these sources said. Reconnaissance
planes had taken pictures of the
area for several days, they said
At last, in surprise attack, the
Stukas scored hits with the heaviest
bombs, causing the bunkers to ex-
plode and setting fire to a nearby
freight train which was about to
be loaded with shells, the Germans
declared.
The British merchantmen Kings
land, 1869 tons, was so badly dam
aged by air forces Wednesday that
it is certainly sinking" said DNB,
official German news agency. The
Kingsland was one of convoy in
the north part of the English Chan
mel, the agency said. and the II
other merchantmen were scattered
despite the efforts of cruiser and
four smaller naval escort vessels.