The Archive · 1940

Warships Reported Hit

The bombardment lasted more Brunt of Nazi Bombing, But Residences Suffer than two hours and many high-explosive and incendiary. bombs were seen to burst among buildings in the Deutsche Werft and Germania shipyards.

One of the pilots said he came

to be a warship and dropped a out over the top of what appeared stick of bombs which must have straddled the vessel. A drifting cloud made observation of {he results extremely difficult, but other pilots believed their bombs hit the same ship.

In another attack on a different part of the dockyards bombs fell astern of another warship and two fires at once broke out,

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