(Allied bombings in Statiestraat)

In the middle of the morning of Tuesday, May 9, 1944, 42 A-20 Havocs bombers appeared in the steel-blue sky over Aarschot. A few days earlier, an initial unsuccessful attempt had been made to destroy the station. Three waves of attacks caused death and destruction in the city within four minutes. Train passengers had fled from the station towards the city and found themselves caught in the heavy rain of bombs. In the Stationsstraat and the beguinage, 25 bodies lay on the street.

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