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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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RAF bombers dropped over 2,240 tons of explosives on Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, with diversionary raids on Berlin and the French coast, costing 55 RAF bombers but leaving huge fires in the target.
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LONDON, Jan. 22. (UP) — Big British bomber fleets, sending a 225 ton-an-hour Anglo-American aerial bombardment of Axis Europe into its second day, dropped more than 2,240 short tons of explosives on Magdeburg, one of the most important war centers in Germany. Friday night.
A small force of four-engined Lancasters and twin-engined Mosquitoes made a simultaneous diversionary attack on Berlin, still burning from the previous night's record assault, and a third formation hit targets on the French invasion coast.
The widespread attacks cost the RAF 55 bombers, the largest loss in a single night's operations since last August 28. when 58 were lost in a heavy raid on Berlin.
The air ministry announced that huge fires were left burning in Magdeburg. German aircraft and arms center 75 miles southwest of Berlin.
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Magdeburg, Germany
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Friday Night
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the widespread attacks cost the raf 55 bombers, the largest loss in a single night's operations since last august 28, when 58 were lost in a heavy raid on berlin. the air ministry announced that huge fires were left burning in magdeburg.
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Big British bomber fleets dropped more than 2,240 short tons of explosives on Magdeburg, one of the most important war centers in Germany. A small force of four-engined Lancasters and twin-engined Mosquitoes made a simultaneous diversionary attack on Berlin, still burning from the previous night's record assault, and a third formation hit targets on the French invasion coast.