ATTACK ON CROYDON
MANY PEOPLE INJURED PALL OF DENSE BLACK SMOKE RAID WATCHED BY CROWDS (United Press Assn.—ciec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 16, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 15 Twenty to thirty raiders bombed •' Croydon this evening. Fighters shot i down three. Bombs hit a hangar on the out- j skirts of the aerodrome and razed j buildings on which rescuers were ! working several hours later digging in the debris in search for men who had been working in it. A dense pall of black smoke hung I over the district after the attack. t The raiders just missed the gasworks, but hit several houses on an adjoining road. The bombers were first seen starting a dive three miles from the aerodrome. Crowds watched until, within a few feet of the ground, they released bombs. Anti-aircraft gunners put up a ! heavy barrage. The bombers turned j away, but fighters were quickly on their tails. Machine-gun bullets sprayed houses and streets. A score of ambulances collected and took the injured to hospital.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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170ATTACK ON CROYDON Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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