OFFICIAL REPORT
ATTACK IN VERY GREAT STRENGTH AND WELL CONCENTRATED. SMOKE RISES TO 15,000 FEET. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, May 24. An Air Ministry communique states: —“Aircraft of the Bomber Command were over the Ruhr in very great strength last night, with Dortmund the main objective. A vast weight of bombs was dropped in good weather. Preliminary reports suggest that the attack was well concentrated, though in the later stages the target was obscured by smoke rising to 15,000 feet. The attack was considerably heavier than any yet delivered on Germany. Thirty-eight of our bombers are missing.’’ The last attack on Dortmund was on May 4, when more four-engined bombers were used than ever before, and 30 of them were lost. Up to last night the heaviest raid of the war was made on May 14, when more than 1500 ton_s of bombs was dropped on Duisburg, also in the Ruhr.
After Essen. Dortmund is the largest town in the Ruhr. Its 500,000 inhabitants are mainly employed in the iron, steel, and synthetic oil industries, which have been working at double pressure since the devastation of Essen.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1943, Page 3
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