Reconnaisnce photographs reveal the extent of the damage inflicted by aircraft of RAF

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Reconnaisnce photographs reveal the extent of the damage inflicted by aircraft of RAF

Reconnaisnce photographs reveal the extent of the damage inflicted by aircraft of RAF Bomber Command on the night of 29th - 30th May 1942 when they attacked a group of factories at Gennevilliers,
near Paris.
The plants were being used by the Germans for the production of important war material, They include the Gnome and Rhone aero-engine works and the Goodrich Rubber Tyre works
Photo shows:- The Gennevilliers Power Station
which supplies factories in the whole industrial
area of North-West Paris
Annotations:
A. The boiler-house area
A 1 Direct hits caused this damage
A 2 The stump of a blitzed boiler-house chimney; its top, which was blown completely off, now rests in an upright position as shown by A 3. All these
chimneys are constructed of thick steel.
B- The Generating house (dotted line). It
has sustained severe damage*

Official
Daily Mirror
Mirrorpix
Paris
France

Media ID 21883549

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