OIL PLANTS BOMBED
SERIES OF AIR RAIDS MANY FIRES STARTED THE E.A.F. OVER GERMANY
(United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) , LONDON. September 30. Attacks 'on oil plants figured among the operations against the enemy carried out by the Royal Air Force last night, states the Air Ministry news service. There was a heavy attack on the oil refinery and storage plant at Madgeburg. The plant known as the Braunkohlen Benzin A.G., situated 200 miles inland from Germany’s western frontier, was subjected to a series of raids which began shortly after 11 p.m. and continued for nearly three hours. Ground haze over the city and the glare of many searchlights hampered the bomber crews in the early stages of the attack, but later many fires started by incendiaries illuminated the target. Attacking in shallow dives and often from a low level, the raiders straddled the oil plant with high explosives, leaving a trail of multi-coloured fires and spasmodic explosions in their wake. The raiders taking part in this attack also bombed the railway at the southern exit to the city and started fires close to the main line junction.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 304, 1 October 1940, Page 5
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