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Pitsmoor Col

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I know the Wicker Arches has bomb damage, but has it any bullet holes? I cant imagine Fighter aircraft coming all the way to Sheffield, but I suppose it's possible. 

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3 hours ago, Pitsmoor Col said:

I know the Wicker Arches has bomb damage, but has it any bullet holes? I cant imagine Fighter aircraft coming all the way to Sheffield, but I suppose it's possible. 

Hi Col. Seems the only thing written about any damage to the Arches, was the unexploded bomb. 

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I have seen holes in the bridge work and these are said to be bullet holes, but I don't know if it is true. They also hit the station itself as the picture below shows.

bomb damaged at Victoria.jpg

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The Luftwaffe bombers were known to have machine gunned ground targets as well as bombing them.I was always led to believe that the damage to the City Hall columns was caused by such machine gunning and not by shrapnel as some people hold.

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