A vivid story of the relentless hammering of the enemy's Channel ports is told in an Air Ministry bulletin.
"Lo Havre was singled out for the night's heaviest bombardment. A strong force of heavy bombers, attacking in relays, maintained an almost continuous assault upon docks and shipping for nearly five hours. Many tons of high-explosive bombs and great quantities of incendiaries were unloaded on the target despite fierce opposition from ground defences and the handicap of occasional low clouds.
"Bombs dropped on a dock by one of the earlier raiders were followed hospital, and de-were 50 miles away on ward journey. their home-were demolished by a bomb and were killed and injured.
ble damage was caused five bombs were dropped in one
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