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APPENDIX VII.

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Air Attacks on Enemy Territory in Europe.

Extracts from Recent Raid Assessment Reports.

The following reports of damage have been received during the week from air reconnaissance and Intelligence sources:-

Germany.

Mannheim-Photographs reveal the following major damage :-

Inland Port Area. Three buildings seriously damaged, two by fire. A building about 450 feet long, situated some 500 yards West of Ludwigshafen Station, has been completely destroyed, and the Western end of some engine sheds nearby has received a direct hit.

Badische Anilin. Considerable damage to buildings at the South end, the centre and the South-West corner of the target area, and damage to several small buildings at the Southern end of the target and to a three-bay building on the dock side.

Ludwigshafen. Damage to residential property, including the Schloss Garten area. The North-West of the Schloss and two or three buildings on the West side of the central station have been damaged, and a large building gutted. Heinrich Lanz Works. A large block on the Western side of the works has been seriously damaged and adjoining buildings are very black, which may be the result of fire in the immediate vicinity. A large shed in the centre of the target is completely gutted, and the corner of another very large building has been damaged by fire.

France.

Boulogne. Photographs taken by Coastal Command clearly show the damage done to buildings and warehouses around the Bassin Loubet. The crane gantry on the North quay of the Bassin has been broken in two places.

Havre.-Photographs taken by P.R.U. disclose damage :-

(a) to the yards of the Chantiers de la Mediterranee, which have been extensively damaged, and the greater part of the main building is gutted;

(b) to buildings at Graville;

(e) to a portion of a large industrial plant 1,300 yards North-East of the

Garage de Tancarville which has been destroyed;

(d) to the warehouse buildings alongside the basin docks the whole of which

have been destroyed; and

(e) to a large building on the North side of dry dock No. 7 which has its

roof considerably damaged.

Bordeaux.--Photographs taken by Bomber Command disclose that since the 11th December five or six sheds just South of No. 1 wet dock have been destroyed or gutted and the roof of factory premises to the North of the dock may also have been damaged.

Lorient. On the 8th December a magazine 800 metres North of Kerentrech suspension bridge was hit.

Orly-Bombs dropped on the aerodrome and in particular incendiaries on the night of the 6th December caused serious damage to hangars and the administrative building. Operational aircraft were moved to Guyancourt. On the night of the 6th December a petrol depot near Chantilly was hit.

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