Evening star., 1941-11-03
u. S..-Bui|t Bombers
Knock Out 4 Axis
Ships, British Say
kozis Fight 20-Minute
Bottle With Vessels
In Dover Struit
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Nov 3-British air.
men flying American built Hudson
bombers Knocked out" four Ger
man ships last night of the Nor
wegian and Dutch coasts to make a
total of "a vessels sunk or damaged
in less than week, and also at
tackled a fish oil factory on the
Norwegian coast, the Air Ministry
announced tonight.
One ship, anchored i'll a Norwe-
gian ford, and a tanker and
smaller ship off the Dutch coast
were reported set afire. The fourth,
described as large supply ship,
was bombed off the Frisian Islands
by pilot who had to swerve vio-
lently to avoid crashing into the
ships masts," the ministry news
service said.
Score May Be Near 30.
Last nights successes bring the
coastal commands total of ships
sunk or damaged in less than a
week TO "a The score may be
nearer 80. but only the NaZis know
the complete toll exacted by the
Hudsons in their mast-high at
tacks," the announcement said.
The attacks were carried out de-
spite bad weather, which forced a
lull in the air offensive against Ger
many after week end of intense
activity during which the r. A. F.
blasted at Kiel. Northern France
and coastal shipping.
Besides the bombardment of the
fish oil factory. recurring target
for the r. A. F. now to prevent the
oil from reaching Germany, the
communique said wireless station
was bombed. small supply ship
machined-gunneda and warehouse
attacked Results could not be OBJ
served, however, the communique
said.
Furious Fight at Dover.
A furious, Commute fight between
German bombers and number Of
British vessels caught in the Dover
Strait this morning ended. shore
watchers at Deal said, when r. A. F.
planes roared onto the scene and
chased the Germans off.
Watchers said they could clearly
see the ships bobbing about in rough
seas with tunnels of water rising
around them from bombs dropped
by planes hidden in the clouds. None
Of the ships appeared hit, it was said.
AS the firing slackened, the r. A
F. planes popped over the horizon
and skinned across the water to-
ward the French coast, apparently
in pursuit of the Germans.
Attack on Alderney.
Reuters quoted the German news
agency, D.N.B. as saying British
6pitf1res attacked Alderney, one Of
the, German occupied Channel
islands, last night and that one Of
them was shot down and the pilot
taken prisoner.
The German air force, relatively
inactive overnight. sent over only a
few lone-woH raiders. They bombed
isolated points in East Scotland and
East Anglia. The government said
slight damage. occurred at one point
but no casualties. - -
German planes were reported over
two no@(sGllSsHaand towns e612y
this afternoon. s+s, ''-'.er% =
The British declared they had
sunk or seriously damaged at least
20 German ships during the past
three days, inflicted fresh damage on
German bases in Northern France
and penetrated deep into Germany
itself to bomb important military
targets.
They acknowledged the loss of four
planes Saturday night, during at
tacks on KieI and other objectives In
Northwest Germany, but said they
had shot down six German bombers
over Britain the same night.
(The Germans said four British
planes were destroyed Saturday
night)