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THE PEOPLE OF NANTES I I Mil I S DROPPI i» ON ( II) BY R.A.F. BOMBS ON IKK KS ! 1 Ret:. 12.50 p.m.» Rugby, Oet 28. How the people of Nantes heard a message of hope and ultimate deliver nice for France on Sunday night when !force of iJeauforts of the Coastal ! Command flew low over the city is J described by the Air Ministry. The 1 town is surrounded by German troops ■ j and there are 50 hostages in prison there awaiting execution The British aircraft dropped high-explosive* anu mcendaries on the docks, where fires were started, and distributed thousand* of leaflets to the citizens. Sometimes lights came from doors suddenly flung open and ■ omotinrv' the house: weie j lit up as though blackout curtains had 'been torn aside from the windows “At one place." said a pilot, “we saw the V gn laid out on the ground with oil lamp Th< re wa one house where i a door was opened and someone inside flashed all the lights quickly on and loir until we had gone over." The Beauforts Hew so low' on the 1 J way in that one pilot had to pull hi* i ( aircraft up s harply to avoid and . I dune- -B OW.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 5
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