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Raids against belgian airfields, like this one at St.Trond, 15 August 1944 - Related Files

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	Military Airport Chievres In 1939 the Belgian government decided to built a military airbase near Chièvres. The preparatory work starting at the end of the same year. After the German invasion of Belgium on May 10 1940, the Germans occupied the area on May 19 1940 and install the JG 26; that will remain until early June. In June 1940 started the construction of the buildings of the German airbase. ...		09/10/2009	39
	First RAF raid against Stuttgart, 24-25 July 1944 461 Lancasters and 153 Halifaxes to Stuttgart. 17 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 per cent of the force. This was the first of 3 heavy raids on Stuttgart in 5 nights and the only report available is a composite one for the 3 raids. The 3 raids caused the most serious damage of the war in the central districts of Stuttgart which, being situated in a series of narrow valleys, had eluded Bomb...		02/11/2007	383
	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.		12/19/2008	401
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	Wanstead Park taken on 7 August 1944, East End, London This photo is from an aerial record compiled by the government in 1944 and shows Wanstead Park and surrounds on 7 August 1944. The H.E. and V1 damage to Heronry Pond can be seen, plus V1 damage in Tennyson Avenue and in Wanstead Park Avenue (just in East Ham but dealt with by Wanstead CD). What appears to be a heavy anti-aircraft battery can also be seen on Wanstead Flats.		06/06/2008	322
	Burned out Tank Car Train near Sermaise - August 1944 The train of Tank cars attacked at this point by 2 Group on the night of 6/7 August 1944 is completely burned out. No truck count is possible but the train is approx. 820 feet long. Both tracks are blocked temorarily.		10/22/2008	225
	Oil storage facilities near Ghent destroyed, 18-19 August 1944 The reemains of what was an oil store and depot on the banks of the Terneuzen Canal near Ghent after two raids by the Bomber Command. 108 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups attacked and caused severe damage to the oil depot and storage tanks at Ertvelde Rieme to the north of Ghent. No aircraft lost.		02/26/2007	315
	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...		12/24/2008	747
	Hallinkangas Aerodrome - 10 August 1944 Former Finnish Air Force aerodrome now used by the Soviet Air Force at Hallinkangas on 10th August 1944. Finnish National Archive Sörnäinen. File PK 2266/1.		10/30/2009	12
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	German airfields in World War II (V1.0) This file contains most of the larger airfields, which was used by the german Luftwaffe during World War II. Small landing strips are hard to find, but maybe I will find them. The airfields are sorted in the Luftgaukommandos 1940 (Air Force Command). http://www.ww2.dk/ground/flibo/basger.html There are many missing, but they will be added soon as possible.		07/27/2006	4,147
	Destruction of the Historical Sofia in 1944 The most severe bombing of Sofia ever occurred on March 30, 1944. Some 370 american heavy bombers flied upon Sofia destroying 3575 buildings. The casualties were relatively modest due to the preliminarily evacuation of the civilians. The target of the bombing, as the image clearly depicts, were neither military installations, nor armed forces, but the very historical downtown of the city of Sof...		11/09/2009	1,037