Raids
The RAF first bombed Braunschweig on 17 August 1940, killing 7 people, and the 94th BG earned a Distinguished Service Cross for an 11 January 1944 mission against the MIAG bomber components factory. As part of the Combined Bomber Offensive, Braunschweig was a regular target for RAF (nighttime raids) and American bombers (daylight), including two "Big Week" attacks on 20 and 21 February 1944. On October 14, 1944, the No. 106 Squadron RAF bombed Brunswick, and one of the last attacks was the 3 March 1945 bombing of the chemical plant.
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“Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)