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Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 22/23 May |
| Aircraft:
375 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, town area |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
... first large raid on this target for a year.
The attach fell mainly in the south-eastern districts of Dortmund, mostly in residential areas. 852 houses and 6 industrial buildings were destroyed; 788 houses were seriously damaged. 335 Germans and 26 prisoners of war were killed and 1,697 people were injured.
M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt, The Bomber Command
War Diaries, p.513
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| 12 September |
| Aircraft:
119 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, synthetic oil plant
Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
...attacked [synthetic oil plants] at Dortmund... The Dortmund raid was particularly successful.
M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt, The Bomber Command
War Diaries, p.582
Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 6/7 October |
| Aircraft:
523 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, town area |
| Beginning of second "Battle of the Ruhr" (lasted until 31 December, 1944) |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
On the night RCAF NO. 6 group sent out a record 293 four-engine bombers, Halifaxes and Lancasters, to bomb Dortmund.
[RCAF = Royal Canadian Air Force]
http://www.nt.net/~toby/ww2.html
The Second Battle of the Ruhr begins with 532 aircraft attacking Dortmund.
http://www.nucleus.com/~ltwright/BC-TL44a.htm
A heavy air raid of 498 aircraft on the city of Dortmund on the evening of 6 October 1944 marked the beginning of a second "Battle of the Ruhr"... This bomb attack claimed at least 1148 victims in Dortmund and was the beginning of a series of extremely heavy bombardments.
[Translated from] http://www.hco.hagen.de/ruhr/2nd_battle.htm
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| 11/12 November |
| Aircraft:
238 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, synthetic oil plant
Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
The aiming point was the Hoesch Benzin synthetic oil plant in the Wambel district. A local report confirms that the plant was severely damaged. Other bombs hit nearby housing and the local airfield. 83 people were killed and 85 injured.
M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt, The Bomber Command
War Diaries, p.617
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| 15 November |
| Aircraft:
177 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, synthetic oil plant
Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
177 Lancasters of 3 Group carried out a G-H attack on the oil plant. The raid, through thick cloud, was believed to have been accurate.
M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt, The Bomber Command
War Diaries, p.618
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| 29 November |
| Aircraft:
311 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, town area |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 2 December |
| Aircraft:
93 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Hansa |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
93 Lancasters of 3 Group attacked the Hansa benzol plant through thick cloud; the bombing was believed to be accurate.
M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt, The Bomber Command
War Diaries, p.625
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