At the end of an hour's attack great fires wore blazing in the Fellnery area and could be seen by the last of the raiding. crows for 20 minutes after they turned on their 00-mile flight back. Dresden itself was bombed for the frst time, the lacks Tasting from 9.15 until nearly I-pim, Gas, waler and electricity Installations were bombed and large fires started on one of the city's main railway junctions. The raiders which flew to. the north-east of Germany were hampered by a loud und intense darkness, A large rail Sjunetion near Danzig nites: identified and attacked.
Operations over north-west! Ger= many included a prolonged attack by strong force of heavy bombers on fu important oil refinery at Gelsen-Kivehen, The raid bogan at 3.15 a.m. and Tasted until shortly after 5 pan 'The refinery was hit repeatedly. One pilot reported 19 separate ex= plosion following a stick of heavy' calibre bombs which fell across the target, Other aircraft al lacked a dockside and oil storage tanks Bremen and started a large fire on the wharves at the Rhine port Duisburgeuhrort.
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