The Archive · 1940

Further Crippled

Tndon, Aug. 23 Further crippling the German war machine's "striking power, British ireraft severely bombed and dai ied important German military objectives on Wednesday' night, although weather conditions were ug to an Air Ministry" communique.

nly one Brith bomber, accord led (o return from the operations, which were tainly" elireetedasainst key: railway centres, sorodromes and Oi! refineries, the. Tatler including the Brabay refineries at Magdeburg!

ud the Deuray installations Hanover.

"At Coen and Abbeville," the communique declares. "our aircraft bombed an aerodrome, causing explosions on runways and landing rounds and setting hangars on fire. Searchlight batteries were extinguish ed by gunlive."—Reuter, "History of the Oman Morning Mora.

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