American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths
April 5 1943 – American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel.
Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
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