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Daylight raid hits aircraft factory

25th September 1940: Luftwaffe bombers find the largest aircraft factory in the world and kill nearly a hundred workers

Sep 25, 2025
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The Bristol Aeroplane Company was the largest single aircraft manufacturing unit in the world by 1940, covering nearly 25 hectares.
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