SHORT SHARP RAID
SOUTH WALES TOWN
(Rec. 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17.
Twelve persons were killed and many injured (including three W.A.A.F.s killed and two injured) in a short, sharp raid last night on a town in South Wales, which Berlin says was Swansea. A few bombers dropped flares and circled over the town before releasing their bombs. A considerable number of houses, hotels, and shops were damaged, and fires were started, most of which were put out before morning.
One bomb fell in the grounds of a hospital, and patients were evacuated to other hospitals.
Four low-flying Focke-Wulf 190's attacked an east coast town this morning. Bombs caused widespread damage, including three churches. Bombs which were dropped in a residential area bounced over a street of houses and damaged a block of shops. The raiders machine-gunned workers' houses, and a number of people were taken to hospital.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1943, Page 5
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