The Bavarian city of Augsburg, Germany, was bombed twice by the RAF during World War II The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb . Known in the USSR as: the Great Patriotic War World War II, also known as the Second...

1942

The Augsburg air raid on 17 April 1942 was one of the most daring of World War II. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb . Known in the USSR as: the Great Patriotic War World War II, also known as the Second...

The first squadron to take delivery of the 4-engined Avro Lancaster was No. 44 Squadron based at RAF Waddington, followed shortly thereafter by No. 97 Squadron based at RAF Woodhall Spa (delivery was taken whilst the squadron was still at RAF Coningsby). Jump to: navigation, search The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine World War II bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire England. ... RAF air defence bases RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire. ...

The first major operation by the Lancasters of 44 and 97 Squadrons was a joint operation, to attack the MAN U-boat diesel engine factory at Augsburg in southern Germany. The raid took place in broad daylight with the Lancasters flying at low level. The raid was a success putting the submarine diesel engine production out of action for several weeks, but the cost was very high. Of the twelve Lancasters that took part in the raid, only five returned. 37 men died with a further 12 taken as prisoners of war out of the total complement of 87 RAF personnel who took part in the mission. MAN AG is a German engineering works and truck manufacturer. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

The raid is one the most daring ever undertaken by the RAF Bomber Command. Not only was it a tactical success but it forced the Germans to station men and material in Germany to counter the possibility that the British might launch similar daylight raids. This stopped these resources being used on the Eastern Front. RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ...

For his outstanding leadership of the raid Wing Commander John Nettleton was awarded the Victoria Cross. Other aircrew who had participated in the raid also received awards. John Dering Nettleton was a Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...

1944

Ausburg was subject to a standard large Allied attack on the 25 February 1944. During the day the USAAF Eight Air Force bombed the Messerschmitt works. That night (25/26 February 1944), RAF Bomber Command followed with a raid by 594 aircraft that was was devastatingly accurate. The beautiful old centre of Augsburg was completely destroyed by high explosive and fire. As the river was frozen fire fighting measures were limited. The Germans made full use of the propaganda value of the target claiming it was a "terror raid". 21 RAF aircraft, 3.6 per cent of the force was lost. At least 4 of these were due to collision. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... USAAF recruitment poster. ...

Exernal links

• RAF web site: Augsburg, 17th April 1942
• RAF web site:Campaign Diary 17 April 1942
• Augsburg raid
• RAF web site:Campaign Diary 25/26 February 1944

• Le Creusot, 17th October 1942

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Area bombardment • Terror bombing Augsburg • Berlin • Birmingham • Cologne • Coventry • Darwin • Dresden • Frampol • Hamburg Kassel • Kobe • London • Liverpool • Manchester • Rotterdam • Tokyo • Warsaw • Wieluń Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. ... Survivor of German aerial bombardment of Warsaw This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Area bombardment is the policy of indiscriminate bombing of an enemys cities, for the purpose of destroying civilian morale. ... Picassos Guernica Terror bombing is a strategy of deliberately bombing civilian targets and strafing civilians in order to break the morale of the enemy and make the civilian population of the enemy panic. ... The term Battle of Berlin is sometimes restricted to the Royal Air Force for a bombing campaign on Berlin between November 1943 and March 1944. ... The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The City of Cologne was bombed by the Allies many of times during World War II . ... Jump to: navigation, search The twin spires of Coventrys skyline This article is about the history of Coventry, England. ... The two Japanese air raids on Darwin, Australia on February 19, 1942 were by far the biggest ever attack by a foreign power against the Australian mainland. ... The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. According to British historian Frederick Taylor: The destruction of Dresden has an epically... The Bombing of Frampol happened during the Polish Defence War of 1939. ... Firestorm in Hamburg Operation Gomorrah was the military codename for a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. ... The city of Kassel in Germany was severely bombed during World War II. Kassel is in the northern part of the federal state of Hesse, between Frankfurt (190 km south), and Hanover (160 km north). ... On March 17th, 1945, three hundred and thirty-one American B-29 bombers launched a firebombing attack against the city of Kobe, Japan. ... German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz (also called the London Blitz), a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940-1941. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The Manchester Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The bombing of Rotterdam occured in the initial phases of World War II when German forces invaded the Netherlands. ... The U.S. bombing of Tokyo during World War II took place between 1942 and 1945. ... The Bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers both to the terror bombing campaign on Warsaw by Luftwaffe during the September Campaign (siege of Warsaw and to the German bombing raids during the Warsaw Uprising. ... Bombing of Wielun in World War II refers to the German bomb raid on the Polish city of WieluÅ„ at the outbreak of World War II. On September 1, 1939 at 4:40 AM, the town of WieluÅ„ was bombed by the German Luftwaffe. ...