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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:-

Italy.

Naples. The casualties and damage to property in the raid of the 27th/28th November were the heaviest up to date.

Photographs taken on the 25th September and the 20th October, 1941, reveal the following items of major damage:-

(a) The railway sidings north of the Central Junction have been considerably damaged, and reports that a munition train was destroyed are confirmed by photographs. The explosion completely destroyed the line on which the train was standing and damage by blast covered an area of 700 × 500 yards. Three buildings have disappeared completely and four others are damaged beyond repair. A factory roof 400 yards away was badly damaged by blast and the roof of a building 260 yards away was completely blown off;

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(b) The western half of the Royal Arsenal has been considerably damaged; (c) Two large storage cisterns at the northern end of the S.A.I.P. oil refinery

are wrecked; and

(d) One large gas-holder at the gas works is also wrecked.

Occupied France.

Argentan.--As a result of an attack by a fighter with cannon on a train of five tank wagons on the 28th September, three tank wagons were completely destroyed and the other two were severely damaged. Rail service was interrupted for 24 hours.

Boulogne. In the raid on the 7th/8th September three guns were hit and put out of action. A munition depot and a petrol depot were destroyed.

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THOUSANDS OF GROSS TONS