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52 aircraft.
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Oil plant at Bremen, Hamburg, Mannheim, and Misburg.
Aluminium works at Köln, Lunen, Grevenbroich and Mundenheim. Air-frame factories at Bremen and Wenzendorf. Marshalling yards at Hamm, Köln and Osterfield. Heligoland.
June 26-27. 95 aircraft.
Aluminium works at Lunen, Grevenbroich, Köln and Mannheim. Aerodromes at Handorf, Dortmund, Langenhagen and Bonn. Yards and sidings at Osnabrück, Schwerte, Dortmund and Soest.
Intelligence Reports of the Results of Air Attacks on Germany from May 10 to June 23, 1940.
Bremerhaven.—A petrol storage centre was exploded, two warehouses were wholly destroyed and two partially destroyed by fire, and shore cranes were put out of action.
Hamburg-A large depot in the harbour has been destroyed and a barracks. hit. Two merchant vessels in the harbour hit and the ship works of Pinkene Elder demolished. A ship loaded with light tanks was hit and sunk.
A margarine factory was hit and 56,000 tons of whale and other oil were destroyed. It took two days to master the fires started.
An aircraft erecting shop, believed to be that of Blohm and Voss, destroyed, and the shipyards of Stelke and Blohm and Voss damaged.
Three factories hit and an electric power house put out of action.
A loading quay on the River Elbe has been destroyed and there has been considerable damage to buildings in the Blankenese district. The stores of Bergman A.G. (Armour cables) has been destroyed, and a chemical factory (believed to be that of Gesellschaft für Lund's Eismaschinen G.G.) was hit and fires and explosions continued all day.
It is reported that the ports and docks are so seriously damaged that parts will be unusable for some time to come.
It is learnt that certain petrol tanks in a position not yet identified have been hit. The efforts of the fire brigade to extinguish the fire met with little success as foam fire extinguishers did not prove as effective as anticipated.
Further reports have been received of the severe damage to the harbour. Further confirmation of the previous report of the destruction of a munition factory has been received, which is now identified as Dynamit A.G. (Pulverfabrik Duneberg A.G.). It is reported that the factory was working at the time of the raid and that there were very heavy casualties among personnel. An unconfirmed report has been received that it was found necessary to evacuate three districts bordering on the petrol tanks that were hit owing to the difficulty in mastering the fires. It is reported that 50 per cent. of the petrol stocks in Hamburg have been destroyed.
Further confirmation of damage to the docks and shipping has been received and some of the civilian population have been evacuated to Pomerania. It is reported that the Hapag Liner Milwaukee of 16,600 tons has been sunk in the harbour, and that warehouses Nos. 318 and 319 (which were full of grain) have been burnt out. It is learnt that owing to the damage done to Blohm and Voss shipyards, a damaged German vessel has been compelled to go to a Danish yard for repairs.
An oil works has been fired and two barracks, one full of engineers, destroyed. The damage to the harbour and nearby town is very large, and no one has been allowed to enter or leave it.
A mill at Hittfeld to the south of Harbourg has been set on fire and a factory at Ochsenzoll was hit. Part of a factory manufacturing tanks and munitions was hit, resulting in large explosion. A considerable part of the town has been seriously damaged.
Dusseldorf.-Phoenix factory (mines) and Hamiel & Lueck (submarine axles) hit and damaged. Ten hits were obtained on the goods railway station.
A steel works, at present not identified, was hit and completely destroyed, resulting in large casualties among the night workers.
Lintfort. Coke installations hit and 8 furnaces destroyers.
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