40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once

40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once

Reports attack on Mannheim using incendiaries by Stirling, Halifax, Lancaster, Manchester, Wellington and Hampdens.

Daily Sketch

1942-05-21

David Bloomfield

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One newspaper cutting

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[newspaper cutting]
DAILY SKETCH, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942.
40,000 FIREBOMBS HIT MANNHEIM 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 explosives bombs. One detachment of Stirlings carried, and dropped, more than 40,000 incendiary bombs.