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Vipiteno bomb strike, 8 April 1945

Vipiteno bomb strike, 8 April 1945

Mission: #446
Target type: railroad bridge

Thirty two aircraft of the 376th BG had numerous, excellent hits registered.
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Amstetten bomb strike, 20 March 1945

Amstetten bomb strike, 20 March 1945

Mission: #432
Target type: marshalling yard

The main target of the 376th BG for the day was St. Valentin, Austria Tank Works. The secondary target was St. Polten, Austria, Marshalling Yard.

Of all the bombs dropped, 34% of the bombs from the 512th, 513th, and the 514th were within 1,000 feet of the target at Amstetten. The 515th hit St. Polten. Of the bombs ...
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Graz bomb strike, 19 February 1945

Graz bomb strike, 19 February 1945

Mission: #412
Target type: marshalling yard

The main target was hit with poor results. One squadron bombed Fiume, Italy, Ship Yards (secondary target), also with poor results.
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Wien bomb strike, 22 March 1945

Wien bomb strike, 22 March 1945

Mission: #434<br />
Target type: ordnance depot

Forty aircraft of the 376th BG, loaded with 38 tons of fragmentation bombs and 35 tons of hundred pound bombs, covered the entire area completely.
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Neuburg bomb strike, 24 March 1945

Neuburg bomb strike, 24 March 1945

Mission: #436
Target type: Jet training field

Aerial photos show that the 376th Bomb Group had covered the entire field with clusters of fragmentation bombs.
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Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer

Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer

Wreck of the ship in Kiel, photgraphed shortly after the war.

From July 1945
Work on breaking up the wreck began under the supervision of the British authorities. All valuable metals and the gunhouses and turrets were removed before the bare torso of the ship was abandoned where she lay.

When work commenced on the new naval arsenal, the remains were covere...
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USAAF Wiener-Neustadt, 1944

USAAF Wiener-Neustadt, 1944

Bomb strike photo of 10 May 1944 mission to Wiener-Neustadt, Austria

(taken from 23,500 ft. by A/C # 42-31808)
Rating of 4.510/25/2005279Google Earth Logo
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Misburg Refinery, 15-16 March 1945

Misburg Refinery, 15-16 March 1945

257 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups attacked the Deurag refinery at Misburg, on the outskirts of Hannover. Visibility was good and some fires were started but the main weight of the raid fell south of the target. 4 Lancasters lost.
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The Battle of Alamein, Egypt (Overlay)

The Battle of Alamein, Egypt (Overlay)

The Battle of Alamein, or more correctly the Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The battle lasted from October 23 to November 3, 1942. Following the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance, General Bernard Montgomery took command of the British Commonwealth's Eighth Army from Claude Auchinleck in...
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Duesseldorf, 11-12 June 1943

Duesseldorf, 11-12 June 1943

Düsseldorf: 783 aircraft - 326 Lancasters, 202 Halifaxes, 143 Wellingtons, 99 Stirlings, 13 Mosquitos. The Pathfinder marking plan proceeded excellently until an Oboe Mosquito inadvertently released a load of target indicators 14 miles north-east of the target area. This caused part of the Main Force to waste its bombs on open country. But the main bombing caused extensive damage in the centre ...
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WWII German submarines U-501 to U-550

WWII German submarines U-501 to U-550

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking

1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple
1941 brown Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 3.66666666610/25/20051,110Google Earth Logo
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Bielefeld viaduct 22-23 February 1945

Bielefeld viaduct 22-23 February 1945

73 Mosquitos to Berlin, 6 to Bremen, 4 to Erfurt and 3 on 'siren tours' of various German towns, 35 Lancasters to railway viaducts at Altenbeken and Bielefeld, 48 RCM sorties, 23 Mosquito patrols, 19 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Mosquito from the Erfurt raid crashed in Belgium.

Also there is the viaduct in a side view after the attack and the kind of bomb which destroyed it.
Rating of 510/24/2005541Google Earth Logo
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Operation Barbarossa WWII , Overlay

Operation Barbarossa WWII , Overlay

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. It was to be the turning point for the fortunes of Hitler's Third Reich in that the failure of Operation Barbarossa arguably resulted in the eventual overall defeat of Nazi Germany. The Eastern Front which was opened by Operat...
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Cologne, 24 February 1945

Cologne, 24 February 1945

Recon photo of Cologne. At the upper right corner you can see the "Koelner Dom".
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Hanau, 6-7 January 1945

Hanau, 6-7 January 1945

Hanau: 482 aircraft - 314 Halifaxes, 154 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitos - of Nos 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Halifaxes and 2 Lancasters lost. The attack was aimed at that part of Hanau in which an important junction in the German railway system was situated. The local report says that many bombs did fall in this area but also states that a large proportion of the bombing was scattered in the south - into...
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Nuernberg 2-3 January 1945

Nuernberg 2-3 January 1945

Nuremberg: 514 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 3, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Lancasters were lost and 2 crashed in France. Nuremberg, scene of so many disappointments for Bomber Command, finally succumbed to this attack. The Pathfinders produced good ground-marking in conditions of clear visibility and with the help of a rising full moon. The centre of the city, particularly the eastern half, was d...
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Mimoyecques V-Weapon Site, 1944

Mimoyecques V-Weapon Site, 1944

Date: 3-26-44, Aircraft: B-17G #42-40017 (MS-W) "Assend Charlie" 535th BS, Altitude: 22,200
Target: Mimoyecques, France
"Believed to be a construction works for one of Germany's secret weapons".
Probably the V3 giant rocket assisted howitzer at Fortress de Mimoyecques
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RAF bombing Morlaix, 1943

RAF bombing Morlaix, 1943

Morlaix Viaduct, 29 January 1943

12 Bostons bombed a railway viaduct at Morlaix and 2 of 12 Venturas dispatched bombed a steelworks at Ijmuiden. 1 Boston lost.
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RAF bombing of Cherbourg September 1942

RAF bombing of Cherbourg September 1942

12 Bostons of 107 Squadron bombed the whaling factory ship Solglint in Cherbourg harbour; the ship was set on fire and gutted. No Bostons lost.
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RAF bombing of the Gnome-Rhone factory, Paris

RAF bombing of the Gnome-Rhone factory, Paris

29/30 May 1942
77 aircraft - 31 Wellingtons, 20 Halifaxes, 14 Lancasters, 9 Stirlings, 3 Hampdens - to the Gnome & Rhone factory, 4 Wellingtons and 1 Halifax lost.
Later photographic cover showed little or no damage to the factory, A local report says that 38 houses were destroyed and 49 damaged, with 34 French people being killed and 167 injured.
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Dieppe, 8 May 1942

Dieppe, 8 May 1942

6 Bostons to Dieppe port and railway yards; none were lost.

Thx for the helping overlay from Captain Hornblower.
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Naval Harbour Chatham 1939

Naval Harbour Chatham 1939

1. 16 Destroyer, 1100 -1300 ts.
1a. Destroyer "Broke"-Class, 1480 ts.
2. Minesweeper, 830 ts.
2a. Minesweeper, 710 ts.
3. Heavy cruiser "York", 175 m long, 17,4 m beam, 8250 ts.
4. Guardboat "Kingsfisher"-Class, 510 - 530 ts.
5. Light Cruiser "Emerald", 7500 ts.
6. Light Cruiser "D"-Clas...
Rating of 3.33333333310/20/2005284Google Earth Logo
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RAF bombing Kiel 1942

RAF bombing Kiel 1942

28/29 April 1942
88 aircraft - 62 Wellingtons, 15 Stirlings, 10 Hampdens, 1 Halifax. 5 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden lost.
54 aircraft claimed good bombing results in bright moonlight but against strong Flak and fighter defences. Post-raid photographs reported 'no new damage' but the Kiel records show that damage was caused at all 3 shipyards, to the hospital of the Naval Academy and ...
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Paris-Poissy 1942

Paris-Poissy 1942

2/3 April 1942
40 Wellingtons and 10 Stirlings carried out successful bombing of the motor factory . 1 Wellington lost.
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Dunkerque, 1940

Dunkerque, 1940

You can see landingships for Operation Sealion, the invasion of England.
Rating of 310/20/2005317Google Earth Logo
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