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APPENDIX VII.
Air Attacks on Enemy Territory in Europe.
Extracts from Recent Raid Assessment Reports.
The following reports of damage have been received during the past week from Air Reconnaissance and Intelligence sources :-
Germany.
Berlin. On the night of the 12th/13th August, 1941, a heavy bomb is reported to have fallen in Zehlendorf, a suburb on the south-west of Berlin. It fell in the middle of an open space of some four to six acres, on which fruit trees and vegetables were growing. The area was surrounded with dwelling houses.
The bomb crater did not appear to be very large. The nearest house, approxi- mately 80 yards distant, was very severely damaged, although the walls were still standing. Windows and roofs were damaged throughout a considerable area. All the glass and most of the tiles were missing from houses within a radius of 300 yards, while the effects of the bomb could be seen on buildings 400 or 500 yards from the crater.
Nürnberg. The aluminium works received several direct hits causing a stoppage of work.
General. The Hamburger Fremdenblatt of the 31st October publishes the names of 52 persons killed in the raid on Hamburg on the night of the 26th/27th.
Occupied France.
Donges. In the raid of the 28th/29th September, eleven tanks of about 100 ton capacity each caught fire and a total of 600 tons of diesel oil was burnt. The damage was estimated at approximately £50,000 at pre-war rate of exchange.
Lille Area.-A further report tells of the widespread disorganisation of industry in the neighbourhood due to our attacks on the power supply. In many cases factories received power for a limited number of hours per day, and the situation was complicated by the fact that they were not informed in advance at what time the power would be available.
Rouen. In the raid on the power station at Rouen on the 18th September one bomb hit a metal girder in the glass roof covering the centre of the engine It exploded instantaneously, thereby causing only slight damage to the machinery but some casualties among personnel. Other bombs fell on two works nearby, one of which was the St. Gobain chemical factory.
room.
Italy.
Naples. In attacks at the end of October a factory making caustic soda was hit. It is thought production would be affected for a month.
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