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December 18, 2017
THAMES HAVEN - 1940
On Aug. 24, 1940, the Luftwaffe bombed the Thames Haven Oil Wharfon the Thames Estuary at Thurrock, Essex. The blaze was one of the first tests for the wartime Auxiliary Fire Service. Firefighters waded through pools of crude to apply foam.
