~ The Factory Casualties ~

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~ 31 ~ WW2 Bomb Damage (09.05.1941) C.H. Bernard, Harwich H&D ~

German Luftwaffe Air Raids and Bomb Damage to C.H. Bernard & Sons Factory
 Main Road, Harwich, Essex (09.05.1941)

In the early hours of Friday morning on the 9th May 1941 at 0110Hrs, extensive damage was caused to the Bernards clothing factory in Harwich, by a German Air Raid over the town.
The bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe were believed to be several types of "incendiary devices", the factory was even bombed again a week later, in another attack on the 17th May, with being little but rubble all that remained after the second attack on the uniform manufacturing factory.
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Uniform production however, was started again within three days at an alternative premises in Luton and a new factory at Harwich was rebuilt again within five months.

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~ 46 ~ WW2 Bomb Damage (17.05.1941) Ordnance Buildings, Harwich H&D ~

German Luftwaffe Air Raids and Bomb Damage to the Ordnance Building
Main Road, Harwich, Essex (17.05.1941)

The unique photograph below (#046), was taken from the top window of the Harwich High Lighthouse (looking West towards Harbour Crescent and the Redoubt) shows a scene of total devastation, which sadly resulted in two deaths, but the losses, could have been much higher if it had been a daylight raid.
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In the early hours of Saturday morning (03:55) on the 17th May 1941, the German Luftwaffe  dropped a new type of "land-mine" onto the building, which caused extensive bomb damage to the building and surrounding areas of Harwich, including the Bernards Clothing Factory (bombed a week earlier) and nearby residential property.
​Other premises damaged included Joe Lovatt's shop on the corner of George Street and the Salvation Army Citadel. 

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~ 57 ~ ​Picture H&D ~

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