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Marshalling yard near Hitzacker

Marshalling yard near Hitzacker

Mission 354 of the 303rd Bomb Group on 07.04.1945. Target was the marshalling yard near Hitzacker. 366 500-lb. G.P. bombs and 10 units of leaflets were dropped. 39 crews were dispatched. Minor flak fire recognized.

The formation was attacked by the Luftwaffe Sonderkommando Elbe, a special unit of young fighter pilots formed to ram bombers. This attack is the only known attack of ...
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301st BG (H), Mission 355, Blechhammer Synthetic Oil Plant South

301st BG (H), Mission 355, Blechhammer Synthetic Oil Plant South

13 October 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer, Germany and Vienna/Floridsdorf, Austria; motor works, locomotive shops, and marshalling yard at Vienna and Graz, Austria; Banhida, Szekesfehervar and Papa, Hungary; and Hranice and Mezirici, Czechoslovakia; some of the escorting fighters strafe ra...
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301st BG (H), Mission 350, Debrecen Marshalling Yard

301st BG (H), Mission 350, Debrecen Marshalling Yard

21 September 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 345 B-17s and B-24s attack marshalling yards at Debreczen and Bekescsaba, Hungary, the railroad at Brod, Yugoslavia and in Hungary, highway bridges at Baja, in the Kiskore area, and at Tiszafured, plus the Novi Sad, Yugoslavia railroad bridge; 42 P-38s dive-bomb the Osijek, Yugoslavia marshalling yard; other fighters ...
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Port-en-Bessin during D-Day

Port-en-Bessin during D-Day

Aerial reconnaissance picture of Port-en-Bessin.

Found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/373591343/
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D-Day - Pump station near Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes

D-Day - Pump station near Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes

Aerial reconnaissance picture of a pump station near the village Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes.

Found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/373592551/
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D-Day - Carpiquet airbase bombardment

D-Day - Carpiquet airbase bombardment

Air raid on the air base of Carpiquet.

This air base saw heavy fights during Opeation Overlord. Build in 1937, it was conquered in June 1940 by the Wehrmacht and becaom ethe home base of a German bomber squadron.
Actually Carpiquet air base should had been taken during D-Day, but the Allies didn't succeed. Canadian forces attacked the airfield on 04.07.1944 (Operation WInd...
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D-Day - Bomb plot of Cherbourg

D-Day - Bomb plot of Cherbourg

Bomb plot of an air raid on the city of Cherbourg during D-Day
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V1-base at Sorellerie

V1-base at Sorellerie

A V1-launch-base at the small village of Sorellerie, 10 km southeast of Cherbourg. P ist the ramp.

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hitlers bunkers

hitlers bunkers

hitlers bunker complex and other surrounding bunkers in berlin
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Bomb raid against Aunay-sur-Odon, 12 June 1944

Bomb raid against Aunay-sur-Odon, 12 June 1944

Fearing a German armoured offensive southwest of Caen, the British high command decided to bomb the important crossroads at Aunay-sur-Odon, in order to bar the Panzers’ route.

In the early hours of June 12th, two waves of aircraft raked the high street and totally destroyed the centre of the village, killing around a hundred inhabitants.

n the night of June 14th-1...
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USAAF bombing raid Conde-sur-Noireau, 7 June 1944

USAAF bombing raid Conde-sur-Noireau, 7 June 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF) directs air attacks against congested points to delay movement of more enemy forces into the assault area. In the first mission (Mission 397) in the morning, 182 B-17s and 291 B-24s, including 20 PFFs, are dispatched; of the B-17s, 58 hit Conde sur Noireau, 60 hit Flers, and 54 hit Falaise; of the B-24s, 66 hit A...
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Battle of Trents Reach

Battle of Trents Reach

Battle of Trent's Reach, January 23-24, 1865
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Hazebrouck Railway Yard, 29 June 1942

Hazebrouck Railway Yard, 29 June 1942

12 Bostons bombed railway yards at Hazebrouck without loss. 1 of the Bostons was manned by Captain Kegelman and his all-American crew, the first Americans of the Eighth Air Force to take part in a bomber operation. Their hosts were 226 Squadron at Swanton Morley.
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Bombing raid on Wangerooge, 25 April 1944

Bombing raid on Wangerooge, 25 April 1944

Wangerooge: 482 aircraft - 308 Halifaxes, 158 Lancasters, 16 Mosquitos - of Nos 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 5 Halifaxes and 2 Lancasters lost. The raid was intended to knock out the coastal batteries on this Frisian island which controlled the approaches to the ports of Bremen and Wilhelmshaven. No doubt the experience of Antwerp, when guns on the approaches had prevented the port being used for several...
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La Coupole - V2 rocket base near Wizernes

La Coupole - V2 rocket base near Wizernes

Aerial photo shows the results of the first bombing raids.

La Coupole ("The Cupola") is the name of a Second World War V-2 rocket base constructed by Nazi Germany at Wizernes, south west of the French town of Saint-Omer, between Lille and Calais.

Set in a former limestone quarry close to the villages of Helfaut and Wizernes, the complex was intended to ...
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Explotion of the USS Arizona during the attack of Pearl Harbor

Explotion of the USS Arizona during the attack of Pearl Harbor

At 08:06 a bomb from a Hiryū Kate hit between and to starboard of Turrets #1 & 2. The subsequent explosion which destroyed the forward part of Arizona was due to the detonation of the ammunition magazine, located in an armoured section under the deck. Most experts seem to agree that the bomb could hardly have pierced the armour. Instead, it seems widely accepted that the black powder m...
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Bellows Field in 1942, Hawaii

Bellows Field in 1942, Hawaii

A 1942 aerial view of Bellows Field, showing its early-WW2 single-airfield configuration.

Bellows Air Force Station is a United States military reservation located in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Once an important air field during World War II, the reservation now serves as a military training area and recreation area for active and retired military and civilian employees of the Departmen...
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The USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

The USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor and surrounding military bases. The USS Arizona was a berth F7 alongside Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. The USS Vestal was tided outboard of the USS Arizona. The Japanese attack began at approximately 7:55am and the USS Arizona along with the other battleships on Battleship Row became the main targets. The men of the...
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301st BG (H), Mission 412, Maribor Marshalling Yard, Slowenia

301st BG (H), Mission 412, Maribor Marshalling Yard, Slowenia

13 February 1945

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In the Vienna area of Austria, 640+ B-17s and B-24s with fighter support hit the S ordnance depot, S and SE goods yards and depot, C repair shops, and Matzleinsdorf marshalling yard, and the marshalling yards at Graz, Austria; Sarvar, Hungary; and in Yugoslavia, 2 at Zagreb and 2 at Maribor, the Pula harbor, the Maribo...
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301st BG (H), Mission 341, Oradea Marshalling Yard

301st BG (H), Mission 341, Oradea Marshalling Yard

6 September 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 542 B-24s attack communications targets in Rumania, Yugoslavia and Hungary and troop and tank concentrations in S Yugoslavia; in Rumania, 2 marshalling yards are hit at Oradea, and 2 nearby bridges over the Sebes Koros River; targets in Yugoslavia are a marshalling yard at Novi Sad, a bridge at Belgrade, and tanks and ...
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301st BG (H), Mission 343, Vienna Schwechat oil refinery

301st BG (H), Mission 343, Vienna Schwechat oil refinery

10 September 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 344 B-17s and B-24s bomb 5 ordnance depots and SE industrial area in Vienna and 2 oil refineries in the area. 88 B-24s escorted by P-38s and P-51s bomb the port of Trieste, Italy. and 45 B-24s, with P-51s escorting, fly a supply mission to Lyon, France.
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301st BG (H), Mission 374, Salzburg Marshalling Yard

301st BG (H), Mission 374, Salzburg Marshalling Yard

17 November 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 630+ B-17s and B-24s attack Blechhammer S oil refinery, Germany; Floridsdorf oil refinery in Vienna, Austria; the industrial area in and near Vienna; marshalling yards at Maribor, Yugoslavia; Gyor, Hungary; Graz, Salzburg, Villach, and the town of Sankt Johann in Tirol, Austria; plus several scattered targets of opport...
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301st BG (H), Mission 356, Vienna Florisdorf Oil Refinery

301st BG (H), Mission 356, Vienna Florisdorf Oil Refinery

13 October 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer, Germany and Vienna/Floridsdorf, Austria; motor works, locomotive shops, and marshalling yard at Vienna and Graz, Austria; Banhida, Szekesfehervar and Papa, Hungary; and Hranice and Mezirici, Czechoslovakia; some of the escorting fighters strafe ra...
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301st BG (H), Mission 340, Budapest Railroad Bridge

301st BG (H), Mission 340, Budapest Railroad Bridge

5 September 1944

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 430+ B-17s and B-24s, with fighter escort, attack communications targets in Hungary and N Italy to impede the withdrawal from the lower Balkans and to disrupt railroad communications in N Italy; targets hit are 2 railroad bridges at Budapest and 1 each at Szolnok and Szob, Hungary and a railroad bridge at Ferrara, Ital...
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Aerial Photograph of Pearl Harbor, 17 January 1941

Aerial Photograph of Pearl Harbor, 17 January 1941

From: Honolulu (Okuda)
To: Tokyo (Gaimudaijin)
16 January, 1941
(J17 K6)
#011 (2 parts, complete)
Re my #008*.

1. The capital ships returned to Pearl Harbor immediately. The Pennsylvania arrived on the 14th.

2. The number of vessels seen in the harbor on the morning of the 16th was as follows: 5 battleships (Mississippi, New Mex...
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