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      Bombs believed to have hit Hipper class cruiser at Blohm and 
      Voss shipyards Hamburg.
 
      At Boulogne a.m. on the 21st direct hit was obtained on a large 
      tramp steamer by British bomber.
 
      
 
 
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Royal Air Force.
 
      Daylight October 20th. Medium bombers attacked shipping at Boulogne 
      and claimed a direct hit on a large tramp steamer. Single aircraft 
      also bombed an aerodrome and docks in North Eastern France and 
      a convoy off Dunkirk. One ship of the convoy is believed to have 
      been hit.
 
      Night of 20th/21st further report. It is evident that a very 
      severe attack was made on a military objective in Berlin by 5 
      aircraft. 5 bursts were seen right across a large building. 1,000 
      pound bomb burst in the target area and fires which started in 
      the immediate vicinity increased in intensity. Four marshalling 
      yards in Berlin and a factory in the North West part of the city 
      were also attacked.
 
      Night of 21st/22nd. Aircraft attacked the following targets. 
      Blohm and Voss shipyards at Hamburg resulting in many fires followed 
      by explosions; Rhenania 0ssag oil refinery at Reithalz 4 large 
      and small fires resulting; Hirth Motoren aircraft component factory 
      at Stuttgart starting a small fire; Dusseldorf-Lugendorf marshalIing 
      yards causing several fires; Stade
 
      aerodrome./ 
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