"Later, enemy forees were attacked on roads and hits scored on a group of tanks. A British raider, flying at fu altitude of only 50 feet, udo denly encountered a group of antiireraft emplacements, which immediately opened fire.
Despite a direct hit by a shell removing part of the rudder of the bomber, the crew promptly engaged the batteries with machine-gun fire, and at least six men of the crow were seen to be hit. Throughout these operations, intense fre was on-countered.
"Shortly before midnight, bombers flying over the Ardennes' country dropped incendiary "bombs, setting woods alight and starting many explosions. Other formations were over the Ruhr, where, despite hazy conditions, they registered hits fon important ' military objectives. Key railway centres in the same area were attacked. Fires ut a junction burned so brightly that the flames were visible 40 miles. Damage was algo dare near Aachen and at Rheyat and Homberg."—Reuter.
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