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Koblenz bomb strike, 19.09.1944

Koblenz bomb strike, 19.09.1944

On 19.09.1944 at 15:03 119 B17 of 447th Bomb Group (mission: #146) dropped 244,3 tons of bombs on the marschalling yard Koblenz-Mosel and the Rhine bridges. A railroad AA-gun was also destroyed. The air raid caused 144 deads and 133 injured people.

About 40 years later a plaque was installed in the city to commemorate the victims of the bomb war.

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Rating of 406/09/2009958Google Earth Logo
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461st Bomb Group (H), Mission 202, Wels Airdrome

461st Bomb Group (H), Mission 202, Wels Airdrome

25 March 1945, Target: Wels Airdrome, Austria

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Czechoslovakia, 650+ B-17s and B-24s strike 2 airfields and a tank works at Prague (the patterns of the bombs also hit 2 other nearby airfields) and an airfield at Cheb. Alternate targets that are bombed include Wels, Austria and Ud...
Rating of 306/03/2009109Google Earth Logo
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Mittelland Canal near Minden after USAAF attack

Mittelland Canal near Minden after USAAF attack

Mittelland Canal (near Minden), after 8th Air Force attack on 26th Ocotober 1944. Five barges were washed through the 80-feet breach in embankment cut by 851-ton load. Canal and adjected aqueduct were both drained. More barges are seen stranded on canal bottom.
Rating of 403/09/20091,557Google Earth Logo
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Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen

Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen

KL Gross-Rosen (Groß-Rosen) was a German concentration camp, located in Gross-Rosen, Lower Silesia (now Rogoźnica, Poland). It was located directly on the rail line between Jauer (now Jawor) and Striegau (now Strzegom).

It was set up in the summer of 1940 as a satellite camp to Sachsenhausen, and became an independent camp on May 1, 1941. Initially, work was carried out in t...
Rating of 4.502/19/2009918Google Earth Logo
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Operation Barbarossa advance

Operation Barbarossa advance

This is a time overlay showing German advances into Russia from the start of Operation Barbarossa June 22 1941 until December 9 1941.
Rating of 4.33333333302/14/2009532Google Earth Logo
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461st BG (H), Mission 35, Wels Aircraft Factory

461st BG (H), Mission 35, Wels Aircraft Factory

30 May, 1944

At Wels, Austria, the Group had the new and pleasant experience of attacking an aircraft factory at which there was no flak. Neither were fighters seen on this mission. The lead navigator, Lt. Dusenberry, carefully kept the Group out of range of the heavily defended areas close to the target. The lead bombardier, Lt. Murphy, completely sprayed the target with incendi...
No rating yet01/22/2009420Google Earth Logo
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461st BG (H), Mission 13, Bad Voslau Airdrome

461st BG (H), Mission 13, Bad Voslau Airdrome

23 April 1944

When the crew members learned at briefing that they were to attack their first target in the Vienna Area, they fully realized that they were now in the big time. Before our Group hit its target the 304th Wing had performed an outstanding job in practically demolishing the buildings at the Airdrome. Uncovering the three flights of each Section in approaching the targ...
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Semlin camp after the allied bombing of April 1944

Semlin camp after the allied bombing of April 1944

During the Allied bombing of Belgrade, on 17 April, 1944, the Semlin camp suffered extensive damage. The largest pavilion - No.3 - which housed most of the interns was directly hit and almost completely destroyed. Estimates regarding the number of casualties vary considerably, ranging from eighty to two hundred dead. Many more we wounded in the attack.

The photo is from a report...
No rating yet01/22/2009257Google Earth Logo
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376th BG (H) - Mission 436 - Neuburg Airfield

376th BG (H) - Mission 436 - Neuburg Airfield

24 March 1945

Aerial photos show that the 376th Bomb Group had covered the entire field with clusters of fragmentation bombs.
No rating yet01/20/2009269Google Earth Logo
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Aerial of Hatfield Airfield - Home of the de Havilland Mosquito - 31.01.194

Aerial of Hatfield Airfield - Home of the de Havilland Mosquito - 31.01.194

1930, Site purchased by de Havilland, factory and offices built 1934 producing Dragon, Tiger Moth, Rapide and Dominie aircraft.
de Havilland flying school trained civilian and RAF pilots with Tiger Moths. Became No.1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, renamed No.1 Elementary Flying Training School 9.39, moved to Panshanger 06.41.
25.11.40, The first flight of the Mosq...
No rating yet01/16/2009321Google Earth Logo
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Freital Industry Complex, 24 August 1944

Freital Industry Complex, 24 August 1944

383 B-17s are dispatched to hit oil industry targets at Brux (139), Ruhland (135) and Freital (65); 15 hit targets of opportunity; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 143 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 5 WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 240 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 aircraft in the air and 6-0-0 on the ground; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA) and 1 is damaged.
Rating of 501/09/2009223Google Earth Logo
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Loire Bridges and Railway Yard of Angers, France

Loire Bridges and Railway Yard of Angers, France

This is Sortie 1841 of the 7th PRG. Targets were the Loire bridges. Photos taken from Spitfire MK XI 841.
Rating of 4.501/09/2009170Google Earth Logo
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Bruges Railway Yard and Industry Complex, 21 July 1944

Bruges Railway Yard and Industry Complex, 21 July 1944

Sortie 2422 o the 7th PRG flown July 21, 1944 in Spitfire MK XI MB 948.
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Messerschmitt Aircraft Plant in Augsburg-Haunstetten, 11 August 1944

Messerschmitt Aircraft Plant in Augsburg-Haunstetten, 11 August 1944

Photo taken August 11, 1944 from a Spitfire MK XI of the 14th Squadron of the 7th PRG.

As the seat of a factory of the powerful Messerschmitt corporation, Haunstetten became a wartime production center during World War II. Two large production centers, Werk III and Werk IV were located in Haunstetten, in what is now Universitätsviertel, although now these production facilities b...
No rating yet12/24/2008542Google Earth Logo
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Basdorf BMW Engine Factory, 6 August 1944

Basdorf BMW Engine Factory, 6 August 1944

Sortie 2732 of the 7th PRG flown on August 6, 1944 in Spitfire MK XI PA 944.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 428: 1,234 bombers and 1,170 fighters are dispatched to hit targets in Germany; 45 bombers and 4 fighters are lost:
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4. Of 207 B-17s, 103 hit Berlin, 80 hit Basdorf and 5 hit targets of...
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Oschersleben Airfield, 30 May 1944

Oschersleben Airfield, 30 May 1944

Luftwaffe airfield Germany May 30, 1944 bomb damage assessment. This was a Focke Wulf factory airfield. Many aircraft are visible on ground a number of which are destroyed. There seem to be a number of flak batteries as well.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO): Loading of assault forces for Operation OVERLORD (invasion of Normandy) begins.

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (...
No rating yet12/24/2008253Google Earth Logo
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BMW AeroEngine Plant in Munich-Allach, 11 August 1944

BMW AeroEngine Plant in Munich-Allach, 11 August 1944

The factory is still in use and is owned by the Krauss Maffei Company. Two of the buildings have unique camouflage.
No rating yet12/24/2008249Google Earth Logo
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Montdidier Airfield, 17 July 1944

Montdidier Airfield, 17 July 1944

Montdidier Airfield on July 17, 1944. This was for bomb damage assessment. The airfield looks abandoned.

FRIDAY, 14 JULY 1944
Mission 473: During the evening 131 B-24s are dispatched to hit airfields in France; 54 hit Montdidier Airfield and 39 hit Peronne Airfield; 9 B-24s are damaged. 40 other B-24s fail to bomb because of failure of blind-bombing equipment. Escort is ...
No rating yet12/24/2008247Google Earth Logo
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Kassel-Waldau Airfield in July-August 1944

Kassel-Waldau Airfield in July-August 1944

Bomb damage assesment photo taken from a Spitfire MK XI of the 7th PRG.
No rating yet12/24/2008201Google Earth Logo
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458th BG (H), Bad Reichenhall, 25 April 1945

458th BG (H), Bad Reichenhall, 25 April 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown. Mission 968: 589 bombers and 486 fighters fly the final heavy bomber mission against an industrial target, airfields and rail targets in SE Germany and Czechoslovakia; they claim 1-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft (including an Ar 234 jet); 6 bombers and 1 fighter are lost:

1...
No rating yet12/20/2008543Google Earth Logo
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458th BG (H), Lechfeld Airfield, 9 April 1945 - B-24 goes down

458th BG (H), Lechfeld Airfield, 9 April 1945 - B-24 goes down

A bomb strike camera caught "Final Approach" in her final moments.

On April 9, 1944 the 458th BG flew their 222nd mission to the airfield at Lechfeld, Germany. On the bomb run, “Final Approach”, flown by 2Lt Leonard Abramowitz, "...suffered a direct flak hit on bomb run almost simultaneously with bomb release. #2 Engine went on fire and A/C went into power dive in...
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Brandenburg-Neuendorf Airfield, 6 August 1944

Brandenburg-Neuendorf Airfield, 6 August 1944

Portion of a Luftwaffe airfield in a photo taken on August 6, 1944 from a Spitfire MK XI of the 7th PRG.

There are some Heinkel He 177 in the splitter boxes at teh middle left side. Also four Fighter (Bf 109?) in the upper right sector, maybe it's the airfield security swarm.
No rating yet12/19/2008303Google Earth Logo
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Halberstadt Airfield with a He111Z Zwilling - 7 July 1944

Halberstadt Airfield with a He111Z Zwilling - 7 July 1944

Luftwaffe airfield Halberstadt Germany. Lots of aircraft on the ground July 7, 1944 including a Heinkel 111Z or "Zwilling" glider tug. There were a total of 12 built.

Photo was taken by John S. Blyth flying a Sptifire MK XI. He was based at Mt Farm, UK with the 14th Squadron of the 7th PRG USAAF.

Source: Flickr
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Stendal Airfield near Berlin, 6 August 1944

Stendal Airfield near Berlin, 6 August 1944

The mission over Berlin lasted approximately 30 minutes which was a long time to spend over that fine city during that period. Half a dozen Messerschmitt Bf 109 can be seen on the left side.

Photo was taken by John S. Blyth flying a Sptifire MK XI. He was based at Mt Farm, UK with the 14th Squadron of the 7th PRG USAAF.

Source: Flickr
No rating yet12/17/2008304Google Earth Logo
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D-Day - Juno Beach, 6 June 1944

D-Day - Juno Beach, 6 June 1944

British an d Canadian Forces landing in the morning of D-Day, 6th June 1944. The poster shows allied forces of the 3rd Canadian Division beginning their breakout from the coast past of the port of Courseulles-sur-Mer.
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