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FROM THE ARCHIVESep 16, 1944·Washington, District of Columbia

ROBOTS RENEW ATTACKS ON LONDON

Scanned from The Washington Daily News, Sep 16, 1944
ROBOTS RENEW ATTACKS ON LONDON
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4 THB WASHINGTON DAILT NEWS KATURDAT BKPTKMBER H Robots Renew Attacks on London to Surprise Returning Evacuees By ROBERT DOWSON United Press Wr Correspondent LONDON Sept 16Britains. I tenday respite from the flying bomb terror ended explosively just before dawn today when a number of robots hurtled down on London spreading death and injury thru the sleeping city. Some blind bombs landed in the southern counties causing damage and casualties. It was the first terror attack since 630 a m Sept 5 when the Nazis fired a few parting salvoes from their nowcaptured robot bases in northern France into southern England Lon don had not been hit since Aug 31 DIRECTION UNKNOWN There was no immediate indication whether the new attacks were directed from the northern Dutch coast 200 or more miles from London or from Nazi pickaback planes operating at closer range Lending credence to the belief that the new robot attacks were from par ent planes the Air Ministry announced today that it is thought that the fly ing bombs were airlaunched at the start of their Journey to this country.

The bombs were described as the same type as those with which the Germans had been bombarding.

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