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London, Aug. 28.
On August 26, bombers of the Royal Air Force made daylight attacks on enemy aerodromes. The scope of these attacks was greatly extended during the night, states the Air Ministry.
Details issued by the news service of the Ministry show that one of the main objectives in Germany was a dye trust at Leuna, which suffered heavy damage during a raid on August 16. The works are one of the largest chemical plants in the world, and in the last attacks some raiders were unable, owing to clouds and haze, to find their objective, but others arriving later succeeded in bombing the works.
"One aircraft dropped several bombs right across the target and at least two of them were seen to fall on the main building. Four minutes after this attack, the pilot of another machine observed a vivid green flash soon after his bombs had fallen. Fires broke out in various parts of the target area, and in the middle of the raid. One of the attackers scored further hits on the main buildings.
"Other explosions were also ré- corded, but full results of the raid, spread over nearly two hours, were not observed owing to intense antiaircraft fire, as well as low clouds."
Similar success attended an attack on an oil refinery at Frankfurt am Main. Nearly 50 high-explosive and more than 400 incendiary bombs were dropped; and fires of all sizes were seen to break out.
Besides the oil refinery, an attack was also made on a large air-frame factory there, and within a short space of time six buildings were set on fire—Reuter.
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