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Grand Slam bombing damage at Uboot-Bunker Valentin
Grand Slam bombing damage at Uboot-Bunker Valentin
This article is about the actual bombing of Nazi Germany targets. The Grand Slam was a 22000 lb Earth quake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War. The Valentin submarine pens are in Farge, a small port on the Weser River in Bremen. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers For the combat flight simulator/video game[1], see The Bremen Bombing Mission. A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

Nazi Germany targets in the state of Bremen such as those at Wesermünde/Bremerhaven/Farge were bombed by the Royal Air Force and the Eighth Air Force. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germany's 16 Federal States ( Bundesländer) Bremerhaven (bʁeːmɐˈhaːfən is the seaport of the free city and federal state of Bremen, Germany. Farge is a small port on the Weser River in the City of Bremen. Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC The targets included the following:

Bremen was captured in April 1945.

Main article: Strategic bombing during World War II
Bombing of Bremen during World War II
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December 21/22, 1940 No. 15 Squadron RAF used converted Wellingtons for the first time to bomb the dockyards at Bremen[2]
January 1-3, 1941 141 aircraft raid the Bremen Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in the south of the city on the very first night of the month. Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser (usually just mentioned as AG Weser or A Atlas Werke was a German Shipbuilding company located in Bremen. Bremer Vulkan was a German Shipbuilding company located in Bremen-Vegesack. Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (often abbreviated DeSchiMAG or just Deschimag) was a prominent German Shipbuilding company located in Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. History Horse tramway On March 28 1876 the Actiengesellschaft Bremer Pferdebahn was founded U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers A military bunker is a hardened shelter often buried partly or fully underground designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks The Valentin submarine pens are in Farge, a small port on the Weser River in Bremen. Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Strategic bombing during World War II was greater in scale than any wartime attack the world had previously witnessed Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian No XV (Reserve Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Panavia Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. Smaller attacks are made against the city on the following two nights. [3]
March 12/13, 1941 Heavy bombing raids were conducted on Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin
July 4, 1941 Twelve British Blenheim bombers attack Bremen, bombing an aircraft factory and a minesweeper. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving The large port city of Hamburg, Germany, was very heavily bombed many times by the Royal Air Force (RAF and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF during Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Four planes are shot down. [1]
January 17/18, 1942 83 aircraft; only 8 aircraft claimed to have bombed the primary target at Bremen. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Some of the aircraft attacking alternative targets reached Hamburg, which reports 11 fires and casualties of 5 dead and 12 injured. 3 Wellingtons were lost and 1 Stirling crashed England after being fired at and damaged by a British convoy. [3]
June 3/4, 1942 170 aircraft attacked on the first large raid to Bremen since October 1941. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 11 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Manchester - lost. Bremen recorded this as a heavy attack, the results of which exceeded all previous raids. Housing areas were heavily hit with 6 streets affected by serious fires. Damage to the U-boat construction yards and the Focke-Wulf factory is described as 'of no importance' but there were hits in the harbour area which damaged a pier, some warehouses and the destroyer Z-25. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 Destroyers ( Ger: Zerstörer) 83 people dead, 29 seriously and 229 slightly injured (Bremen's third heaviest casualty toll in the war). [3]
June 25/26, 1942 1,067 aircraft, including every type of aircraft in RAF Bomber Command (472 Wellingtons, 124 Halifaxes, 96 Lancasters, 69 Stirlings, 51 Blenheims, 50 Hampdens, 50 Whitleys, 24 Bostons, 20 Manchesters and 4 Mosquitos), 102 Hudsons and Wellingtons of RAF Coastal Command, and 5 RAF Army Cooperation Command aircraft were sent to Bremen. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAF 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968 RAF Coastal Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which defended the United Kingdom from naval threats and countered German U-boats RAF Army Cooperation Command was a short-lived major command of the Royal Air Force during World War II, comprised of the army cooperation units The No. 5 Group RAF effort - 142 aircraft -- bombed the Focke-Wulf factory; 20 Blenheims were allocated to the AG Weser shipyard; the RAF Coastal Command aircraft were to bomb the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG shipyard; all other aircraft were to carry out an area attack on the town and docks. No 5 Group (Motto "Undaunted") was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part (February 1943 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser (usually just mentioned as AG Weser or A RAF Coastal Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which defended the United Kingdom from naval threats and countered German U-boats Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (often abbreviated DeSchiMAG or just Deschimag) was a prominent German Shipbuilding company located in The tactics were basically similar to the earlier Thousand bomber raids except that the bombing period was now cut to 65 minutes. The City of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II. The bomber crews found the target completely covered by cloud for the whole period of the raid, and the limited success was entirely due to the use of Gee, which enabled the leading crews to start fires, on to the glow of which many aircraft of later waves bombed. 696 Bomber Command aircraft were able to claim attacks on Bremen. 572 houses were completely destroyed and 6,108 damaged. 85 people were killed, 497 injured and 2,378 bombed out. At the Focke-Wulf factory, an assembly shop was completely flattened, 6 buildings were seriously damaged and 11 buildings lightly so. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. The Atlas Werke, the Bremer Vulkan shipyard, the Norddeutsche Hütte, the Korff refinery, and 2 large dockside warehouses were also damaged. Atlas Werke was a German Shipbuilding company located in Bremen. Bremer Vulkan was a German Shipbuilding company located in Bremen-Vegesack. 48 Bomber Command aircraft were lost (a new record, 5% of those dispatched), including 4 which came down in the sea near England from which all but 2 crew members were rescued. This time, heaviest casualties were suffered by the OTUs of No. 91 Group RAF , which lost 23 of the 198 Whitleys and Wellingtons provided by that group, a loss of 11. 6 per cent. 5 of the 102 Coastal Command aircraft were also lost. [3]
June 27/28, 1942 144 aircraft - 55 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 26 Stirlings, 24 Lancasters. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden 9 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 1 Stirling - lost. 119 aircraft bombed blindly through cloud after obtaining Gee fixes. Bremen records that two of the large firms hit in the recent Thousand raid - the Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery - were damaged again, as well as several smaller firms and dockside warehouses. Atlas Werke was a German Shipbuilding company located in Bremen. A hospital and an unrecorded number of houses were also hit. 7 people were killed and 80 injured. [3]
April 17, 1943 VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 52:[2] 115 B-17's are dispatched against the Focke-Wulf factory at Bremen, the Eighth Air Force's largest mission to date. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Bomber Command is an organizational Military unit generally subordinate to the Air force of a Country. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. 63-15-17 Luftwaffe aircraft claimed; 15 B-17s downed by fighters, 1 by flak, 39 damaged; 2 KIA, 4 WIA and 159 MIA. [4] Bombs destroyed at least half of the hit the Focke-Wulf factory buildings. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. [3]
October 8, 1943 The 381st Bombardment Group was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for it's performance 8 Oct 1943 when the Bremen shipyards were bombed accurately in spite of persistent Luftwaffe fighter attacks and extremely heavy and accurate flak. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC Please see " Presidential Unit Citation " for other nations' versions of this award The Presidential Unit Citation is awarded to units [4][www. web-birds. com/8th/100/100. html]
November 13, 1943 VIII Bomber Command Mission 130: 79 of 159 B-17's, 61 of 109 B-24's and 3 of 4 B-17 PFF aircraft hit the port area at Bremen and targets of opportunity in the Kiel-Flensburg area at 1120-1145 hours; 100+ aircraft abort the mission due to weather; they claim 20-14-13 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17's and 13 B-24's are lost; 3 B-17's and 3 B-24's are damaged beyond repair and 12 B-17's and 10 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 21 KIA, 26 WIA and 162 MIA. Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC Flensburg ( Danish: Flensborg, Low Saxon: Flensborg, North Frisian: Flansborj) is an independent town in The bombers are escorted by 45 P-38's (all the way to the target) and 345 P-47's; they claim 10-3-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 P-38's and 3 P-47's are lost; 2 P-38's are damaged beyond repair; 5 P-38's and 2 P-47's are damaged; casualties are 9 MIA. [4]
November 26, 1943 VIII Bomber Command Mission 138: 350 of 390 B-17's, 77 of 101 B-24's and 13 of 14 B-17 PFF aircraft attack the port area of Bremen at 1145-1228 hours; they claim 16-3-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 22 B-17's and 3 B-24's are lost; 3 B-17's and 1 B-24 are damaged beyond repair and 139 B-17's, 19 B-24's and 7 PFF B-17's are damaged; casualties are 10 KIA, 35 WIA and 215 MIA[4]
November 29, 1943 VIII Bomber Command Mission 140: 154 of 360 B-17's hit the port of Bremen and targets of opportunity in the area at 1429-1450 hours; unfavorable cloud conditions and malfunction of blindbombing equipment cause 200+ B-17's to abort; they claim 15-11-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17's are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 43 damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 13 WIA and 131 MIA. Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC The B-17's are escorted by 38 P-38's and 314 P-47's; they claim 15-4-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 P-38's and 9 P-47's are lost; 1 P-47 is damage beyond repair and another damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 16 MIA. [4]
June 29/30, 1944 253 aircraft - 108 Wellingtons, 64 Lancasters, 47 Stirlings, 34 Halifaxes - dispatched, the first time that 4-engined bombers provided more than half of the force on a major raid. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. 11 aircraft - 4 Stirlings, 4 Wellingtons, 3 Halifaxes - were lost. Bremen reported that 48 houses were destroyed and 934 damaged, mostly lightly. Extensive damage occurred in 5 important war industries, including the Focke-Wulf factory and the AG Weser U-boat construction yard, and at the local gasworks, a museum and a merchant-navy college, mostly fire. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser (usually just mentioned as AG Weser or A [3]
July 29, 1944 Torpedo boat T2 (type 35) was bombed and sunk at Bremen
September, 1944 Schichau Seebeckwerft Unterseeboot 3509 was damaged during a Bremerhaven bombing raid. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat The Type 35 and Type 37 Torpedo boats were small Destroyers (German Flottentorpedoboot "Fleet Torpedo Boat" built for the Kriegsmarine Schichau Seebeckwerft (often abbreviated SSW) is a German Shipbuilding company headquartered in Bremerhaven. During the Second World War, Nazi Germany built over a thousand U-boats or Submarines for service in the Second Battle of the Atlantic in the Bremerhaven (bʁeːmɐˈhaːfən is the seaport of the free city and federal state of Bremen, Germany. [5]
October 12, 1944 Mission 674: 262 Eighth Air Force B-17s are dispatched to aviation industries at Bremen (267) bombing visually; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 59 damaged. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC 7 airmen are KIA, 1 WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 273 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 17-2-1 aircraft; 5 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA). [4]
March 27, 1945 115 Lancasters of No. 5 Group RAF attacked an oil-storage depot (95 aircraft) and a U-boat shelter (20 aircraft of No. 617 Squadron RAF) at Farge. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar No 5 Group (Motto "Undaunted") was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part (February 1943 The Valentin submarine pens are in Farge, a small port on the Weser River in Bremen. No 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the "Dambusters" squadron Two Grand Slam bombs penetrated two metres and detonated,[5] which rendered the shelter unusable. The Grand Slam was a 22000 lb Earth quake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War. No aircraft were lost. [3]
March 30, 1945 303rd BG (H) Combat Mission No. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 348: 38 aircraft were dispatched to bomb Bremen. The submarine building yards were the first priority target. (PDF)

References and notes

  1. ^ The Bremen Bombing Mission. WWII Europe Series. Microsoft game studios. Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
  2. ^ No. 15 Squadron. Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Campaign Diary. Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place 1941 1942: January June 1945: March
  4. ^ a b c d e 8th Air Force 1944 Chronicles. Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place 1943: April 1944: October, December, January 1945: March
  5. ^ Grube, Christel (February 28, 2006). Submarine-Valentin, Bremen-Farge (html -- German language). Interessengemeinschaft für historische Militär-, Industrie- und Verkehrsbauten. lostplaces. de. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
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