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RAF Map 1942 Kiel Copenhagen Peenemunde V2 site Malmo Aarhus Rostock ...........Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark during the Second World War which caused significant collateral damage. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, used as Gestapo headquarters in the city centre. It was used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens during interrogations. The Danish Resistance had long asked the British to conduct a raid against the site. The building was destroyed, 18 prisoners were freed and Nazi anti-resistance activities were disrupted. Part of the raid was mistakenly directed against a nearby school; the raid caused 123 civilian deaths (including 87 schoolchildren and 18 adults at the school).[1] The incident was dramatised in the 2021 Danish film The Shadow in My Eye. A similar raid against the Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, on 31 October 1944, had succeeded.The attacking force consisted of RAF de Havilland Mosquito F.B.VI fighter-bombers of No. 140 Wing RAF (comprising No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 Squadron RAAF, and No. 487 Squadron RNZAF). The aircraft flew in three waves of six aircraft, with two reconnaissance Mosquito B.IVs from the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit to record the results of the attack.[2] Thirty RAF Mustang fighters gave air cover from German aircraft and these also attacked anti-aircraft guns during the raid.The force left RAF Fersfield in Norfolk in the morning and it reached Copenhagen after 11:00. The raid was carried out at rooftop level and during the first attack, a Mosquito hit a lamp post, damaging its wing and the aircraft crashed into garages near the Jeanne d'Arc School, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the target, setting them on fire. 2 bombers in the second and all but one in the third wave attacked the garages with conventional and napalm, believing it was the burning Shellhus target. The napalm set fire to the neighbourhood and the conventional bombs destroyed a portion of the school. A rescue effort to rescue the trapped children before the fire reached the school was partially successful.[3]The Peenemünde Army Research Center (German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde,[a] HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt).[3]: 85 Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket. The works were attacked by the British in Operation Crossbow from August 1943, before falling to the Soviets in May 1945.HistoryOn April 2, 1936, the aviation ministry paid 750,000 reichsmarks to the town of Wolgast[3]: 41 for the whole Northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom.[4]: 17 By the middle of 1938, the Army facility had been separated from the Luftwaffe facility and was nearly complete, with personnel moved from Kummersdorf.[5] The Army Research Center (Peenemünde Ost)[1] consisted of Werk Ost and Werk Süd, while Werk West (Peenemünde West) was the Luftwaffe Test Site (Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe),[6]: 55 one of the four test and research facilities of the Luftwaffe, with its headquarters facility at Erprobungsstelle Rechlin.The Gestapo headquarters in the Shellhus, Copenhagen, in March 1945 during Operation Carthage. A de Havilland Mosquito pulling away after completing its bombing run is visible on the far left. RAF Map 1942 Kiel Copenhagen Peenemunde V2 site Malmo Aarhus Rostock ........... RAF Map 1942 Kiel Copenhagen Peenemunde V2 site Malmo Aarhus Rostock ...........
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Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark during the Second World War which caused significant collateral damage. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, used as Gestapo headquarters in the city centre. It was used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens during interrogations. The Danish Resistance had long asked the British to conduct a raid against the site. The building was destroyed, 18 prisoners were freed and Nazi anti-resistance activities were disrupted. Part of the raid was mistakenly directed against a nearby school; the raid caused 123 civilian deaths (including 87 schoolchildren and 18 adults at the school).[1] The incident was dramatised in the 2021 Danish film The Shadow in My Eye. A similar raid against the Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, on 31 October 1944, had succeeded.
The attacking force consisted of RAF de Havilland Mosquito F.B.VI fighter-bombers of No. 140 Wing RAF (comprising No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 Squadron RAAF, and No. 487 Squadron RNZAF). The aircraft flew in three waves of six aircraft, with two reconnaissance Mosquito B.IVs from the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit to record the results of the attack.[2] Thirty RAF Mustang fighters gave air cover from German aircraft and these also attacked anti-aircraft guns during the raid.
The Gestapo headquarters in the Shellhus, Copenhagen, in March 1945 during Operation Carthage. A de Havilland Mosquito pulling away after completing its bombing run is visible on the far left.
The force left RAF Fersfield in Norfolk in the morning and it reached Copenhagen after 11:00. The raid was carried out at rooftop level and during the first attack, a Mosquito hit a lamp post, damaging its wing and the aircraft crashed into garages near the Jeanne d'Arc School, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the target, setting them on fire. 2 bombers in the second and all but one in the third wave attacked the garages with conventional and napalm, believing it was the burning Shellhus target. The napalm set fire to the neighbourhood and the conventional bombs destroyed a portion of the school. A rescue effort to rescue the trapped children before the fire reached the school was partially successful.[3]
The Peenemünde Army Research Center (German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde,[a] HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt).[3]: 85 Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket. The works were attacked by the British in Operation Crossbow from August 1943, before falling to the Soviets in May 1945.
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On April 2, 1936, the aviation ministry paid 750,000 reichsmarks to the town of Wolgast[3]: 41 for the whole Northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom.[4]: 17 By the middle of 1938, the Army facility had been separated from the Luftwaffe facility and was nearly complete, with personnel moved from Kummersdorf.[5] The Army Research Center (Peenemünde Ost)[1] consisted of Werk Ost and Werk Süd, while Werk West (Peenemünde West) was the Luftwaffe Test Site (Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe),[6]: 55 one of the four test and research facilities of the Luftwaffe, with its headquarters facility at Erprobungsstelle Rechlin. Payment Mangaed via Shipping Royal Mail Tracked 48hr Terms of Sale Private seller About Us Private seller Contact Us via Get images that
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