ATTACK ON COLOGNE
MADE ON CLEAR NIGHT IN BRILLIANT MOONLIGHT. GOOD FIRES LEFT BURNING. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.40 a.m.) RUGBY, April 28. The raid on Cologne last night was made in exceptionally clear weather. Not only was there no trace of a cloud in the sky, but a strong east wind blew away the smoke and haze which often lies over this district. A brilliant moon lit rivers, streets and factories as the bombers went over. The enemy had many night fighters up and it was the kind of night on which the German pilots must have been able to see bombers from a mile or two away.
One of our bomber pilots said the whole city was laid out before him as on a map. “We ran over the railway bridge and then dropped our bombs,” he added. “Good fires were burning and some of the bigger fires seemed to be joining up with each other as we left.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1942, Page 4
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163ATTACK ON COLOGNE Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1942, Page 4
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