they probably were trying to bomb rail tracks ....

along with Boulton and Paul next to Thorpe station and Carrow Rd , at some point during WW2 they were building aircraft

But like us they were not very good at it ,

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on March 28th 2025 at 14:03:10

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some pretty decent precision bombing going on here... (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 12:57:54
- St Augustine’s (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 28, 23:35:32
- Top bombing (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 28, 16:55:29
- Colmans show some action (General Chat) - Elmham Yellow, Mar 28, 16:12:54
- They haven't yet mapped on the ones on the Cathedral (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:27:11
  - shoulda dug up the tank in the playground (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:28:24
- my dad says he remembers the one on Union street (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Mar 28, 13:28:22
- That’s a lot more than I’d have thought they dropped! (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 28, 13:22:56
  - i did too, i always thought they bomb the shit out of the rail yards (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:40:30
    - This interesting Wiki page on the Norwich bombings says they destroyed the station (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:09:19
      - 'City' station was where Halfords roundabout now is (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:27:18
      - that must have been the one at the top of st stephens street (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:20:21
    - Wouldn't work these days (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:03:44
      - the swedes have come up with a solution (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:13:07
        
        vid linky ... (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:13:59
        
        Interesting (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:25:10
        
        also, it needs to be out in the open (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:29:49
    - they probably were trying to bomb rail tracks .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 28, 14:03:10
- I should be OK. They are only the 50kg ones where I live. (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 28, 13:21:30
  - Sorry, sbc50 (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 28, 13:23:49
- Vicious attack on Eaton Golf Club (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 13:10:22
  - Anyone know Harvey Lane / Thorpe Hamlet? (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:39:03
  - Yes, I was curious about that. Looks like it mainly took out the CNS playing field? (General Chat) - 51eve, Mar 28, 13:33:47
    - probably getting low on fuel and jettisoned a load before heading back to the father;l (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:44:24
      - Makes sense, wonder what the pilot had against schools and golf courses though!? (n/m) (General Chat) - 51eve, Mar 28, 13:54:53
        
        Isn't it that the schools and golf courses were put in places where the bombs cleared out (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Mar 28, 14:55:38
        
        No (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 17:06:07
        
        It was on 5 January 1941 (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:16:24
      - fatherland ffs (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:45:01
        
        Das Lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:01:43
- looks as if costa coffee on riverside got one straight down it pipe (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:01:57

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