Author Topic: WWII german bombing photo (Read 481 times)

Billy Joe Bob · « **on:** January 19, 2006, 11:07:53 PM »

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Im not sure about the exact date when this happened but it was in the Bolton Evening News. My grandma was there when that happened, the bombs from a German bomber hit the street over from her house and sent debris through the front of her house. It wasnt an air raid, the bombers were on their way to bomb the munitions factories. the bombers were spotted by searchlights and they dropped their bombs to lighten up and turn around.

Chairboy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2006, 11:37:00 PM »

Perhaps the UN should write a strongly worded letter condemning this.

JTs · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2006, 02:54:18 AM »

well since they werent walking the bombs in i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was an air raid

T0J0 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2006, 07:30:52 AM »

Did the elected officials appease and consult the french first before retaliating against the bombers?

TJ

Masherbrum · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2006, 08:03:13 AM »

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Originally posted by JTs
well since they werent walking the bombs in i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was an air raid

I agree with my esteemed colleague.

Karaya

Billy Joe Bob · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2006, 05:24:57 PM »

heh heh heh..... i meant it wasn't their target in the first place, they just dropped their bombs to get away. pretty much "oh well if it hits your house then it sucks to be you"

the debris from the explosion had put holes in the front of my grandma's house and throught the basement. there were 10 foot wide holes in their basement and it was pretty much a miracle that they didnt fall in while trying to get out of the house. they couldnt turn on lights for fear that it could actually be an air raid. they didn't really want the germans to see a bunch of lights on the ground and give away what was actually down there.

btw this happened during the night so thats what i meant about lights turning on.

weaselsan · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2006, 06:09:59 PM »

Iv'e seen Florida termites do that in a matter of days.

Hangtime · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2006, 06:45:28 PM »

those are cubans.

not termites.

SOB · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2006, 06:58:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
Perhaps the UN should write a strongly worded letter condemning this.

OK, now that was just funny.

cpxxx · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2006, 09:12:27 AM »

Similar thing happened to my great uncle Jim in August 1940 during the Battle of Britain. He was whitewashing his house when a He111 dropped a bomb nearby. According to family lore, the paint flew one way the paintbrush the other and the house fell down. Supposedly his hair turned white overnight. My great grandmother described the Heinkel as 'like a big black bird'

Not so funny later though was when the He111 went on to bomb a creamery killing several girls.

So what? Well all this happened in County Wexford in neutral Eire as we were called at the time. The Heinkel was obviously hopelessly lost and bombing targets of opportunity. Although it was said that the creamery was bombed because it was supplying butter to Britain. In my opinion that over estimates the intelligence capability of Luftwaffe. Not to mention the fact that a creamery hardly rates as a strategic target.

After the war, Uncle Jim was compensated for his house and built a nice new one which I visited. The bomb crater was still there at the time.