Bombing of Wilhelmshaven in World War II
The Wilhelmshaven World War II bombings by the Allies of World War II destroyed two thirds of the port's buildings. From spring 1943 until November 1943 slave labourers of the SS-Baubrigade II from the Neuengamme camp were transferred to Wilhelmshaven to clear up after air raids.[1]
Date | Mission |
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4 September 1939 | |
18 December 1939 | |
8 July 1941 | |
28–29 December 1941 | |
27 January 1943 | |
11–12 February 1943 | |
26 February 1943 | |
22 March 1943 | |
21 May 1943 | |
11 June 1943 | |
26 July 1943 | |
3 November 1943 | |
3 February 1944 | |
3 March 1944 | |
27 August 1944 | |
27–28 February 1945 | |
30 March 1945 | |
References
- List of working locations SS-Baubrigade II by the Memorial Neuengamme
- Richards, Denis (1953). The RAF 1939-1945, Vol. I "The Fight at Odds", pp. 38-40. ASIN B0013K4ZDE.
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- Richards, p. 45
- Bowman, Martin W.A. (2014). Daylight Bombing Operations 1939-1942. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books Ltds. p. 145. ISBN 978-1783831777.
- "Campaign Diary". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
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- "SHATTERING BLOW BY THE R.A.F." The Age (Melbourne). 22 February 1943. p. 1.
- Chris Everitt & Martin Middlebrook, 2014, The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book, Barnsley, Pen and Sword, p. 117.
- Freeman, p. 40
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- McKillop, Jack. "8th Air Force 1944 Chronicles". Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- Freeman, p. 65
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