The Archive · 1940

Munitions Thought Hit

Operations in other parts of Germany Included an attack on railway yately at Mannheim. Bomb bursts were followed bya violent explosion Which developed Into long lines of explosions so Merce and bright that hiteraft lit up by them. The crew 'EL one plane consider that a series of Ammunition dumps had gone up.

all. refineries at. Hanover and Lola, north of Leipzig, were also left abtazing. Explosions' at Leuna—which" was severely damaged. some weeks ao—followed the dropping of many' incendiary bombs, Tailway yards at Ehrang wore stvucke tale And square, says the Air explosives nusecl_ many ex-Ministry, by a stick of high-

plosion a vivid: yellow tre, 'Another stick started smaller. fires which' emerged together and eulmin ated in further explosions, Six matter ones followed the dropping of boris close to the aerodrome flare 1s. Explosions continued for some alter the last of salvoes had During the bombing of yards Mannheim, explosions followed ea: other in such quick succession that they gave pilots the impression that many ammunition trains had been blown up.

Sticks of bombs crossed the harbour there, and fires shot up in the datk-

Italian Aerodrome Heavily Bombed Cairo, Oct, 2.

Enemy aircraft were bombed in a low-level attack by Blenheims on the Massawa aerodrome, states an RAP. Three were definitely destroyed, two being blown up and nother set affre. Other machines are Ibotieved to have been severely damaged.

Aerodrome buildings also were attacked, two of them receiving dir hits, On the homeward Might was intercepted by

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