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Re: Strange German bombing target for 30.12.40 attack
MJFB in Air Raid! p125, has "Thick drizzle covered East Anglia during 30 December. A Ju 88 following the Norwich-Thetford railway broke cloud near Attleborough and, spotting the distinctive shape of Gaymer's Cider factory, released five HEs and an oil bomb which hit the factory and seriously damaged it. An old part of the factory was soon aflame. One employee was wounded and his leg had to be amputated."
Photo atop p127 is captioned: "Wreckage of the bottling department at Gaymers cider factory following the attack by a Ju 88 on 30 December 1940."
Police records indicate 6 HE and an unspecified No of IBs were dropped at Attleborough on this date. 1 civilian injured.
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