The RAF bomb Paris

3rd March 1942: Bombing strategy is now turning to larger raids - and the first of these hits the Renault factory in Paris but also hits an area of civilian housing

Annotated vertical taken during the major night raid on the Renault works at Boulogne-Billancourt, west of the centre of Paris. The largest number of aircraft sent to a single target so far - 235 - were despatched, dropping a record tonnage of bombs. A significant development was the mass use of flares to illuminate the target ('1' and '2'). Smoke and f…