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Monday, December 16, 1940 - RAF bombing raid starts fires burning in Mannheim

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The Air Situation report for the week celebrated the Bomber Command attack on Mannheim :
The outstanding event of the week was the heavy and successful attack on Mannheim on the night of the 16th-17th December. The sole objective was the industrial centre of Mannheim on which 108 tons of high explosive and over 13,000 incendiary bombs were dropped. Countless fires were started and aircraft which arrived late in the night reported that many blocks in the Western and South-Eastern areas were ablaze. Aircraft visited the town on the two following nights and reported many fires still burning after the previous attacks, and smoke hanging over the town.
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One of the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit images taken during daylight on the 17th with annotations of damage to individual buildings.
 
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