Bombing of Kassel in World War II - Bombing Raids

Bombing Raids

bombing raids on Kassel during World War II
Date Target
1942-02-17 !17/18 February 1942 10 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings to Emden, Hamburg, Kassel and Aachen.
1942-08-27 !27/28 August 1942 Henschel 306 aircraft destroyed/seriously damaged 144/317 buildings, particularly in the city southwest. Three Henschel buildings were seriously damaged, and 43/251 were killed/injured.
2/3 October 1943 The Pathfinder Force (PFF) was not able to find the center of the city, and most bombs into Ihringshausen and Bettenhausen. In addition to considerable damage, an ammunition store was hit.
3–4 October 1943 547 aircraft used H2S radar; the main weight of bombs fell on the western suburbs and outlying towns and villages.
22/23 October 1943 city centre 569 bombers dropped more than 1,800 tons of bombs (including 460,000 magnesium fire sticks) in a concentrated pattern. For deception, the attack used Operation Corona radio spoofing and a Frankfurt diversionary raid. The blaze caused a minor firestorm similar in nature to that at Hamburg. Damage to the main telephone exchange and the city's water pipes hindered firefighting efforts.
18–19 March 1944 11 Mosquitos on a diversionary raid.
30–31 March 1944 34 Mosquitos on diversionary raids to Aachen, Cologne and Kassel.
27–28 September 1944 46 Mosquitos on a diversionary raid.
1944-09-28 Henschel motor transport plant Mission 652: 243 of 262 dispatched B-24s bombed the Kassel/Henschel motor transport plant.
3–4 October 1944 43 Mosquitos.
15/16 October 1944 2 Mosquitos on a diversionary raid.
9/10 November 1944 3 Mosquitos.
27/28 December 1944 7 Mosquitos on Oboe (navigation) trials (some flew over Kassel).
6/7 January 1945 20 Mosquitos.
18/19 January 1945 12 Mosquitos.
21/22 January 1945 76 Mosquitos
2/3 March 1945 67 Mosquitos on a training raid.
8/9 March 1945 176 aircraft; the last heavy raid by the RAF on Kassel.
18/19 March 1945 24 Mosquitos.
20/21 March 1945 16 Mosquitos on a diversionary raid.
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After the bombing in 1943

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