The Archive · 1940

German Fighter Driven Off

A German fighter which tried to intercept one of the British aircraft in the target area is said to have been driven off by the rear-gunner of the bomber.

A factory at Lundwigshaven, near Mannheim, was systematically bombed for nearly half an hour by relays of aircraft. Here, too, fires started by the first attackers guided following aircraft to the scene. Sal-woes of bombs were repeatedly seen to fall across the targets, and at one (Continued on page 2, col. 3

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