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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

Mar 3
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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…

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