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

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	458th BG (H), Bad Reichenhall, 25 April 1945 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. 307 B-17s are sent to hit t...		08/01/2009	306
	Helgoland before and after the RAF bomb raid in April 1945 Photographs of Helgoland taken before and after the attack by Bomber Command on 18 April 1945. Left - 16 April 1945 Right - 19 April 1945 18th April 1945 969 aircraft - 617 Lancasters, 332 Halifaxes, 20 Mosquitos - of all groups attacked the naval base at Heligoland, the airfield and the town on this small island. The bombing was accurate and the target areas...		10/23/2008	983
	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...		12/20/2008	1,163
	Meedhuizen (NL) in april 1945 The small village of Meedhuizen (Groningen, Holland) captured by an allied aerial photo april 1945.		07/07/2007	684
	City of Rotterdam April 1945 This photograph showing the bridges over the Maas in Rotterdam was taken on April 13th, 1945. In the top left corner, the empty lots of the bombarded inner city are clearly visible.		03/17/2007	415
	the lost camps of Kaufering There were eleven Dachu sub-camps near Landsberg am Lech, all with the name Kaufering, numbered I through XI. Kaufering I and Kaufering IV had been designated as sick camps for prisoners who could no longer work. Kaufering IV was liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945 with help from soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, who arrived on April 28, 1945. After re...		08/13/2007	751
	Detailed Photograph of Helgoland after the Bomb Raid This picture was taken on 23 April 1945 and shows the moonscape like island. The large craters are from the 5 tons Tallboy bombs, which where dropped in the air raid. Helgoland, April 18/19, 1945 969 aircraft - 617 Avro Lancasters, 332 Handley Page Halifaxes, 20 de Havilland Mosquitos of all groups - successfully used Tallboys to bomb the Naval base, airfield, and town int...		10/23/2008	910
	Fair in Bad Duerkheim In Bad Duerkheim there is the days of the grape and the farmers markt in october and according to GE DGC the photo is made in october 2003. Just take a look at the queues of cars comming to the parking area north of Bad Duerkheim.		09/28/2006	159
	Spandau Citadel October 1944 Picture was taken by the 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. The 14th flew combat reconnaissance missions in the European Theater of Operations from, 12 August 1943–25 April 1945 and conducted damage assessment of Germany until 23 July 1945.		11/14/2009	186
	3D Kwai river bridge (Old steel) Bridge over Kwai river (3d model) "first construction of the steel bridge" The eleven span bridge spanning the Mae Klong river (renamed Kwai Yai river in 1960). Dismantled by the Japanese in Java and transported to the site in 1942, the bridge was rebuilt using prisoner of war (POW) labour, and opened for use in April 1943. One span of the bridge was destroyed by Allied aircraft ...		10/13/2005	1,443
	Gold Coast Squadron over Heligoland during RAF raid of 18 April 1945 Target photograph taken by Squadron Leader Allardyce over Heligoland, April 18th 1945. No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron dispatched 27 Avro Lancaster's against this target. The following ordinance were dropped by the squadron. 200 x 1000lb AMN.M65(TD.025), 16 x 1000lb MC and 198 x 500lb MC. 969 aircraft - 617 Lancasters, 332 Halifaxes, 20 Mosquitos - of all groups att...		10/13/2007	588
	Dresden after the air raids 1945 All photographs were taken on 18 April 1945, one day after the last big raid on the city. Dresden was both an important garrison as well as a centre of military industry during the Second World War. The bombing of Dresden by the Royal Air Force and by the United States Army Air Force between February 13 and February 15, 1945, remains one of the more controversial Allied actions o...		06/25/2007	1,027