Bombing newspaper cuttings
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Bombing newspaper cuttings
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Three cuttings, big planes hit Berlin, heaviest bombs on Essen works and 5000 acres of Cologne are in ruins.
At bottom a three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap captioned 'Don on the bridge at Topcliffe'.
At bottom a three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap captioned 'Don on the bridge at Topcliffe'.
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Three newspaper cuttings and one b/w photograph mounted on an album page
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'Heaviest Bombs' on Essen Works
More Big R.A.F. Raids
R.A.F. bombers continued their attacks in force on Germany's industrial towns on Thursday night, states an Air Ministry communique.
A great weight of the heaviest bombs was dropped on the armament factories of Essen. Dortmund and Hamm were also heavily attacked.
"Fine weather and good visibility favoured the attack, and at all these places great damage was caused and widespread fires were left burning.
[page break]
[underlined] RAID TERROR GRIPS HUNS AS – [/underlined]
Big Planes Hit Berlin
BERLIN got a taste of things to come early yesterday when some of Britain's biggest bombers, a small force of four-engined warplanes, raided targets in the German capital.
While Berliners cowered in their cellars and basements, wondering if this was the start of the R.A.F.'s big offensive against the German capital, which they have feared for so long, other forces of the R.A.F. were bashing two other important German cities.
Heavy raids were made on industries at HANOVER and the docks at HAMBURG.
This was the R.A.F.'s forty-sixth raid on Berlin, which had not had an air raid warning since June 3.
The crew flew 1,200 miles to Berlin and back under cover of less than seven hours of darkness.
Berlin radio, describing the raid, made the usual attempt to belittle the R.A.F.'s attack.
"A few bombs fell in residential districts without causing military or economic damage," the announcer said.
"Several persons were killed or wounded. Five British bombers were shot down."
Neutrals reaching Lisbon from Germany say that the citizens of Berlin are anticipating and "furiously preparing" for heavy R.A.F. raids when the nights get longer.
On leaving Berlin a German friend bidding one neutral good-bye said: "Lucky devil – pray for us next winter."
The two [indecipherable word] in the minds of the people are [indecipherable word] of the R.A.F. and of a food shortage next year, he said.
[page break]
[photograph]
Don on the bridge at Topcliffe
[page break]
5,000 Acres Of Cologne Are In Ruins
NEWS OF THE WORLD SPECIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS taken by R.A.F. reconnaissance ‘planes in broad daylight leave no doubt that Dr. Goebbels for once had a complete regard for the truth when he declared that "the Cologne we once knew is gone for ever."
I was permitted (writes a "News of the World" reporter) to see at the Air Ministry yesterday some of the air reconnaissance pictures which have been developed. They provide striking evidence of the complete devastation which our airmen wrought.
No part of the city escaped, and the heavily-damaged areas total some 5,000 acres.
In addition to isolated points of damage, there are six major areas of devastation in the old city [missing word] west of the Cathedral and north west of the main station, south of the Cathedral and near the west station.
On the west bank of the river in the Ehrenfeld district east of the city gas-works, an area measuring 1,350 by 440 yards, containing some dozen big army works, has been laid waste, while on the east bank at Kolj Deutz, the exhibition hall has been burned out.
Especially pronounced is the devastation around the main station and the Nippes railway works, the main stop being completely destroyed.
In other areas entire blocks of buildings have been levelled. Fire has completed what high explosives began.
It has already been estimated from neutral sources that some 20,000 persons were killed.
More Big R.A.F. Raids
R.A.F. bombers continued their attacks in force on Germany's industrial towns on Thursday night, states an Air Ministry communique.
A great weight of the heaviest bombs was dropped on the armament factories of Essen. Dortmund and Hamm were also heavily attacked.
"Fine weather and good visibility favoured the attack, and at all these places great damage was caused and widespread fires were left burning.
[page break]
[underlined] RAID TERROR GRIPS HUNS AS – [/underlined]
Big Planes Hit Berlin
BERLIN got a taste of things to come early yesterday when some of Britain's biggest bombers, a small force of four-engined warplanes, raided targets in the German capital.
While Berliners cowered in their cellars and basements, wondering if this was the start of the R.A.F.'s big offensive against the German capital, which they have feared for so long, other forces of the R.A.F. were bashing two other important German cities.
Heavy raids were made on industries at HANOVER and the docks at HAMBURG.
This was the R.A.F.'s forty-sixth raid on Berlin, which had not had an air raid warning since June 3.
The crew flew 1,200 miles to Berlin and back under cover of less than seven hours of darkness.
Berlin radio, describing the raid, made the usual attempt to belittle the R.A.F.'s attack.
"A few bombs fell in residential districts without causing military or economic damage," the announcer said.
"Several persons were killed or wounded. Five British bombers were shot down."
Neutrals reaching Lisbon from Germany say that the citizens of Berlin are anticipating and "furiously preparing" for heavy R.A.F. raids when the nights get longer.
On leaving Berlin a German friend bidding one neutral good-bye said: "Lucky devil – pray for us next winter."
The two [indecipherable word] in the minds of the people are [indecipherable word] of the R.A.F. and of a food shortage next year, he said.
[page break]
[photograph]
Don on the bridge at Topcliffe
[page break]
5,000 Acres Of Cologne Are In Ruins
NEWS OF THE WORLD SPECIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS taken by R.A.F. reconnaissance ‘planes in broad daylight leave no doubt that Dr. Goebbels for once had a complete regard for the truth when he declared that "the Cologne we once knew is gone for ever."
I was permitted (writes a "News of the World" reporter) to see at the Air Ministry yesterday some of the air reconnaissance pictures which have been developed. They provide striking evidence of the complete devastation which our airmen wrought.
No part of the city escaped, and the heavily-damaged areas total some 5,000 acres.
In addition to isolated points of damage, there are six major areas of devastation in the old city [missing word] west of the Cathedral and north west of the main station, south of the Cathedral and near the west station.
On the west bank of the river in the Ehrenfeld district east of the city gas-works, an area measuring 1,350 by 440 yards, containing some dozen big army works, has been laid waste, while on the east bank at Kolj Deutz, the exhibition hall has been burned out.
Especially pronounced is the devastation around the main station and the Nippes railway works, the main stop being completely destroyed.
In other areas entire blocks of buildings have been levelled. Fire has completed what high explosives began.
It has already been estimated from neutral sources that some 20,000 persons were killed.
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“Bombing newspaper cuttings,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/40711.
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