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Target map for Hamburg, 1943
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/9
This target map of Hamburg was issued in 1943. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War. On this map shipyards and submarine slips are clearly marked.
A yank in the RCAF
Archives, In Storage, B2445
This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.
Target folder, operation number GO. 1189, Hamburg, 1942-1944
Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/9
Target information folder prepared by the Air Ministry Target Section, giving details of the Tiefstack thermal electric power station and the Hamburg gas works.,
Target folder, operation number GO. 1188, Hamburg, 1942-1945
Archives, In Storage, AC84/1/2/8
Hamburg is Germany's second largest city and is an important port and industrial centre, because of this it was a significant target for the RAF's Bomber Command and the USAAF's 8th Air Force and was targeted on numerous occasions.
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