Assertion: incendiary bomb | /r/HasProperty | dropped
Facets:
value: from too high an altitude
type: OTHER
value: during the raid
type: TEMPORAL
value: apart from explosives
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Apart from explosives, around 25,000 incendiaries were dropped during the raid, causing widespread fires in both residential and industrial areas.
text: Analysis by XXI Bomber Command staff of the 25 February raid concluded that the incendiary bombs had been dropped from too high an altitude, and attacking at lower levels would both improve accuracy and enable the B-29s to carry more bombs.[Note 1]
text: The so-called two-ton "cookies", also known as "blockbusters", were dropped first and were intended to rupture water mains, as well as to blow off roofs, doors, and windows, creating an air flow that would feed the fires caused by the incendiaries that would then follow and be dropped, ideally, into holes created by the prior blast weapons, such into attic and roof spaces.
text: Fewer incendiaries were dropped than in the raids of 15 November or 8 December.
text: Over 10,000 incendiaries were dropped.
text: The incendiary bombs were dropped to enable the pilots to navigate to their chosen locations Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn where they dropped their bombs.
text: These were dropped in