Tuesday, April 8, 1941 - Bombing attack on Ijmuiden

[Louis]

On two successive days formations of Blenheims attacked the iron and steel works at Ijmuiden, a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland, some of the aircraft coming down to 100 feet; direct hits were obtained on buildings which were seen to be severely damaged; the power house, ships and barges in the docks and a railway bridge were also attacked. Other aircraft, unable to locate shipping, bombed military objectives in France and Denmark; some successful results were obtained, including direct hits on two goods trains at Vemb and a bridge under construction near Ringkobing.

Pic taken during the low level attack on Ijmuiden with bombs falling centre frame.

 

[Bert Blitzkrieg]

Little Dutch grammer:
Actually the town is called IJmuiden.... It is very unusual in other languages but the letters i and j are together pronounced as one sound in Dutch. Therefore in spelling they are considered to be one letter and thus, both letters are capitals because it is a name.

BTW, funny that the bombers which couldn't find a target went to France and Denmark instead.