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Old 6th October 2023, 00:08
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Re: Honington attacked 5th January 1941

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Originally Posted by Steve Smith View Post
Hi,

At around 1336hrs on January 5th RAF Honington was bombed. 8 x 100kg and 2 x 50kg bombs were dropped. Nine hitting the landing field, while one landed near the equipment store. One Czech groundcrew was killed. Does anyone known what this aircraft was, one report suggest a Do215. Any ideas of what type of a/c and unit appreciated.

TIA

Steve
The Luftwaffe didn't employ 100kg bombs - more likely x2 500kg and x8 50kg?
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