40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once
Title
40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once
Description
Reports attack on Mannheim using incendiaries by Stirling, Halifax, Lancaster, Manchester, Wellington and Hampdens.
Date
1942-05-21
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One newspaper cutting
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Identifier
NBrettAC200127-01
Transcription
DAILY SKETCH, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942.
40,000 FIREBOMBS HIT MANNHIEM AT ONCE
MANNHEIM, in Germany, second largest inland port in Europe, was attacked by a great force of Stirlings, Halifaxes, Lancasters, Manchesters, Wellingtons and Hampdens on Tuesday night, says the Air Ministry News Service.
This air armada carried a great load of incendiaries and the heaviest high-explosive bombs. One detachment of Stirlings carried, and dropped, more than 40,000 incendiary bombs.
40,000 FIREBOMBS HIT MANNHIEM AT ONCE
MANNHEIM, in Germany, second largest inland port in Europe, was attacked by a great force of Stirlings, Halifaxes, Lancasters, Manchesters, Wellingtons and Hampdens on Tuesday night, says the Air Ministry News Service.
This air armada carried a great load of incendiaries and the heaviest high-explosive bombs. One detachment of Stirlings carried, and dropped, more than 40,000 incendiary bombs.
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“40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 4, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/26451.
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