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 BEFORE     AFTER                                                A/380
                                                                   Print No.
           19.           Shows severe damgage to the Northern shops
                    in this department.
           20.           A very large firs had occurred at this point
                    and finally 6 bays of the building have collapsed.
                         An oblique view of the collapsed building.        3/13
                                                               Item 1
                    NIGHT PHOTO EVIDENCE
                         The damage at 19 and 20 can be linked up with 
                    fire tracks seen on photos.  At 2201 hr. they 
                    were seen as a group of small fires, probably
                    incendiaries taking hold on the roofs.  At 2205 hrs.
                    they were seen as one large wide fire track.  This evidence
                    indicates a very rapid speed of spread.  The fire appears
                    to have continued on the same scale throughout the period
                    during which night photos were taken and is seen as
                    one of the largest fires burning during the attack.
    M.                   MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
           21.           Severly charred roof indicates fire damage.
                    This framed building appears to have recieved a 
                    direct hit.  The roof is probably composed of
                    reinforced concrete.  There is an indication of a hole in       1/33
                    which the bomb may have fallen and penetrated several      Item 5
                    floors before exploding.  Debris is seen in the yard at the 
                    foot of the wall.
                    NIGHT PHOTO EVIDENCE
                         A small fire track is seen at approximately this
                    point on a print taken before 2200 hrs. but is not seen
                    on subsequent prints.
N.                  DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
           22.           Shows one of the largest buildings in the plant
                    with severe damage by H.E. and probable fire at the 
                    S.E. corner.
                         An oblique view showing a major part of the           3/13
                    damaged sheds. No fires were traced in this area on         Item 2
                    night photographs.
O.                  SPARE PARTS SHOP
           23.           Considerable damage has occurred at the West
                    end of the shops.  It is not considered that the shops
                    are completely destroyed altough there are indications
                    of damage by blast and falling debris throughout its
                    whole length.
P.                  HOT STAMPING SHOP
           24.           Only the girder skeleton of the roofs of this shop
                    appears to remain.  The damage was probably caused
                    by fire spreading Northwards from the Press Shop.
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