The Kassel Raid 27 September 1944

Author : Eric Ratcliffe
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1526774631
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944 written by Eric Ratcliffe and published by Air World. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group raid that resulted in the greatest single-day loss to a group from one airfield in aviation warfare history. On Thursday, 28 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF’s 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters. The bombers’ target was the industrial city of Kassel in northern Germany—specifically the engineering works of Henschel & Sohn which built Tiger and Panther tanks. Due to a navigational error, the lead Liberator of the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group turned due east instead of east-south-east and the following thirty-five bombers missed Kassel altogether, attacking an alternative target. But the worst was to come. The change of direction meant that the bombers lost their escorting Mustangs and on the return flight they were pounced on by 150 enemy fighters—and massacred. Twenty-five of the Liberators were shot down inside Germany itself; three crashed en route to the coast (two in France and one in Belgium); two made forced landings at an emergency airfield in England; and the last came to grief within sight of home. Just four of the original thirty-five B-24s landed safely back at Tibenham. In this highly moving account of the Kassel raid, the author, who lives close to the Tibenham airfield, uncovers the painful details of those terrible moments in September 1944 through the stories of those who survived one of the Second World War’s most disastrous operations in the USAAF’s battle against the Luftwaffe.

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Physical Damage Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buiding and Railroad Facilities, Kassel Marshalling Yard at Kassel, Germany written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Physical Damage Division and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Index to Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reports written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473812585
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2nd Air Division Air Force USAAF 1942-45 written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area—in this case Norfolk and Suffolk. The Second Air Division's first bombing mission was flown on November 7, 1942; the last on April 25, 1945. A total of 95, 948 sorties were flown in 493 operational missions by the division's B-24s, dropping 199,883 tons of bombs. Targets attacked ranged from Norway in the north, as far east as Poland and Romania, while several Mediterranean countries were reached from temporary bases in North Africa. Six 2nd Air Division groups received special presidential citations for outstanding actions and five airmen received the Medal of Honor (highest US award for bravery), four posthumously. In combat the 2nd Air Division gunners claimed 1,079 enemy fighters destroyed against losses of 1,458 B-24s missing in action and many others lost in accidents. This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains today and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would go.

Author : Martin Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844155471
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2nd Air Division Air Force USAAF 1942-45 written by Martin Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Norfolk and Suffolk. The Second Air Division's first bombing mission was flown on November 7, 1942; the last on April 25, 1945. A total of 95, 948 sorties were flown in 493 operational missions by the division's B-24s, dropping 199,883 tons of bombs. Targets attacked ranged from Norway in the north, as far east as Poland and Romania, while several Mediterranean countries were reached from temporary bases in North Africa. Six 2nd Air Division groups received special presidential citations for outstanding actions and five airmen received the Medal of Honor (highest US award for bravery), four posthumously. In combat the 2nd Air Division gunners claimed 1,079 enemy fighters destroyed against losses of 1,458 B-24s missing in action and many others lost in accidents. This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains today and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would go.

Author : United States. War Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey: Henschel & Sohn, Kassel, Germany, Dates of Survey, June 1-12, 1945 written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915850
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Baynham
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595194834
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Does My Age Group Meet? written by James Baynham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James C. Baynham is almost eighty years old now, and presents himself in this book at every age. His freshness of a young boy's adventures, recollections of a youth's dreams, and recounts of his adult life's pains and joys are presented for every age to relate to and enjoy.

Author : United States. War Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey: Henschel & Sohn, Kassel, Germany, Dates of Survey May 25-26, 1945 written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: