DAMAGE DONE TO THE IMPORTANT RAILWAY STATION AND JUNCTION OF SOLTAU, NORTH OF HANOVER, BY BOMBS ...

DAMAGE DONE TO THE IMPORTANT RAILWAY STATION AND JUNCTION OF SOLTAU, NORTH OF HANOVER, BY BOMBS FROM A MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, PILOTED BY PILOT OFFICER G.W. NUNN, OF KILCOY, WITH PILOT OFFICER H.L. MITCHELL OF MOUNT MORGAN AS NAVIGATOR. THE MOSQUITO SWOOPED TWICE TO EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL AND ATTACKED THE TARGET WITH BOMBS AND CANNON FIRE. AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK, FOUR TRAINS WITH LOCOMOTIVES, WITH STEAM UP, WERE STANDING AT FOUR OF THE FIVE PLATFORMS. ONE PASSENGER TRAIN OF 27 COACHES HAS RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT, DERAILING A COACH AND CUTTING TWO TRACKS AT A CROSS POINT SECTION.