BOMBED BANGKOK
(Special P.A. Correspondent.) LONDON, July 12. When Liberators bombed Bangkok railway terminus for an hour on July 10 the first aircraft to attack was piloted by Flying Officer J. E. Haycock, from Nelson, states the Air Ministry news service. "I dropped my bombs on the southern part of the yards," said Flying Officsr Haycock. "I followed my stick down and could see the bombs go right into the railway workshops.. I went round again and found that the roof, had been blown clean off the building. By that time bombs were bursting all over the target area and there were good fires. There were only a few bursts outside the terminus."
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 12, 14 July 1945, Page 7
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