Battle of France – Evening of June 18, 1940

[Henofred]

Hello/Bonjour,

Here is a new excerpt from a report that seems to confirm that the raid was carried out by bombers. It is also referred to torpedoes (?). Isn't the number of aircraft involved excessive?

"On June 18, 1940 at about 19h (7:00 pm), about 40 bombers arrived northbound at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. They slightly overshot the area, flew over it in a south-westerly and north-easterly direction and immediately dropped their bombs in three waves, all this along with bursts of machine-guns. The bombardment lasted about 5 to 6 minutes and the planes left again in direction of road RN726 (note: national road 726), on the edge of which they dropped the rest of their loading, 3km from La-Chapelle-d'Angillon. The number of projectiles dropped in the area can be estimated at about a hundred, including about fifty torpedoes." (La-Chapelle-d’Angillon Mayor's report to local authorities (excerpt).)

Best regards,
Frederic