40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once

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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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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.

Citation

“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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