FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
EFFECT OF BRITISH BOMBS 1 British OfflcUl Wir.lesi I Received Aug. 13, 5.5 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 13. Further details of R.A.F. raids over Germany on Sunday night are contained in an Air Ministry bulletin. ‘‘Aircraft which attacked a synthetic oil plant at Dortmund reported that an explosion of exceptional violence followed the dropping of their bombs. Though flying at several thousand feet, the crews could hear the sound of the explosion above the roar of their engines, which was very unusual. "An oil plant at Castroprauxel was left burning briskly. Severe damage was also done to a plant at Wanneeickel. At Gelsenkirchen more than 50 heavy bombs and many incendiaries were dropped on an oil plant. Here again the pilots saw fires and explosions through the darkness as their bombs hit the plant. “The Dortmund electricity power station was attacked by an aircraft, whose pilot saw four of his bombs hit the building. A few minutes afterwards came a vivid blue flash. Another electric-power station was bombed at Hattingen. “Accurate bombing from high alti-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 190, 14 August 1940, Page 5
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