A wing-commander said on his way out he saw a German plane being shot down by own defences. Another pilot described how he had a rectangular run all round Berlin. This was the bomber from which the crew had seen a fire burning on a works 50 miles away on their homeward journey.
"At one time, when we were closer, there seemed to be a line, half a mile long, of white, hot fire," the pilot said. They dived from 12,000 to 5,000 feet to attack the power station.
Another objective was attacked at intervals from 11.35 p.m. until after 1 amg one of the first raiders saw his bombs burst in the target area, and a fairly large fire was burning as he left. Another pilot saw his heavy bombs straddle the target.
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