Cologne gets 116th Raid

Cologne gets 116th Raid

A cutting referring to an attack on Cologne. It is annotated 'No 2 16-6-43'.

One newspaper cutting

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[inserted] No 2 16-6-43 [/inserted]

Cologne gets 116th raid

Two huge explosions lit up the sky 10 minutes after the R.A.F. had started its 116th attack on Cologne on Wednesday night.

The defences did not open up until the first bombs had gone down. For the first few minutes the barrage steadily increased, although the town’s belt of searchlights was largely ineffective because of cloud.

Targets elsewhere in the Rhineland were attacked, and fighters shot up transport and other objectives in Holland and Belgium. Fourteen bombers and one fighter are missing.