The Archive · 1940

Lone Plane Drops Time Bombs

A Ione raider dived from the clouds id dropped four heavy bombs in the crowded west end shopping district just before the third air raid warning was sounded in the afternoon, One bomb exploded and sot allre a large Dloek of offices and shops. - Cordons were quickly thrown around three other areas, indicating that time Bombs had fallen and were likely explode "momentarily. "One delayed faction bomb fell near a large silk factory.

After a terrific explosion, fires were yiible west and southeast of Fleet Street Meanwhile, the Minister for Air Production, Lord Beaverbrook, issued a statement indicating that airerait Production had been maintained in

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