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# Attack
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2. Erla Fuselages & control 20 Feb 75
Leipzig/ surfaces for ME 109; Bth AF or damaged.
Heiterblick wing fitting. 29 May 3 component shops,
Bth AF boiler house, sub
assembly shop &
other bldgs damaged
29 June
- or destroyed.
Damage to 2 small
Bth AF workshops
workshops & com-
com
ponent erecting shop.
•
oun AF
6f6 f Steyr-Daimler Components for ME 2l|. Feb Damage to machine
Puch 109 f s (underearriges 15th AF & component shops.
Steyr etc») Also engine com
ponents , AFV and small
arms.
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Target Importance
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# A. GAF Single-engine Fighters
(a) Bile 109 (continued)
lk Aug 14.3
* --
8. Wiener
Neustadter
Wiener
Me 109 assembly
I Components from
works ,
6 1 Oct *ij3
2 Nov f U3
- Moderate
Moderate
Severe
Neustadt / 12,23 Apr *• Large workshop,
10 May machine shop &
15th AF assembly shop sev
erely damaged;
other bldgs damag
cd.
•
Neustadt metal & pressing
shop & other bldgs
severely damaged.
29 May Assembly shops,
15th AF flight hangar &
large workshop
damaged •
•
11+. Wiener Believed producing 17 April Considerable
Neustadter components or poss- 2k April damage to Ikarus
(ikarus-Rogo- ibly assembling Me' 109 f s.
15th AF factory & practi
zarski)
Belgrade/ _ m }} % ff8 W
cally complete
destruction of
Rogo zarski.
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
x AIRCEAFT
\u2666 A. GAF Single-engine Fighters
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19. G. A. F. Station Suspected Me 109 8 July Damage to 5 hangars
Zwolf axing A/F assembly 15th AF & shops & to other
bldgs »
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Target Importance Attack Damage ' ' ' "^S
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1* Ago
,Oschersleben
Assembly A -components
fqr FW 190*8
28 Jul'ltf
Bth AF
11 Jan
- Moderate
Heavy damage to
Bth AF machine & assembly
$0 Feb - shops.
All imDortant
8&1 AF
U April
- bldgs damaged
Damage to main
Bth. AF workshop, 2 assembly
shops & other bldgs.
h unidentified
30 May
- bldgs destroyed.
Damage to machine
Bth AF shop, 2 assembly
shop s , co mpon ent
29 June
- shop & boiler house.
Add'l extensive
30 Jul U3
- damage.
Moderate
Kassel/ FW i9O
!s MF
Bettenhausen 19 April Damage to 3 machine
Bth AF shops , 2 component
erecting shops,,
offices & stores
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Target Importance Attack Damage
I.AIHCRAFT
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A. OAF Single-engine Fighters
(b) FW 190 (continued)
6, FocteWulf FW 190 assembly 11 April
- Damage to 2 large
Cottbus formerly est 50/
mo « Bth AP workshops & 5 un
identified bldgs.
29 June • 2 probable assembly
Bth AF hangars destroyed
& 1 severely damaged.
2 hangars, gun
testing range &
Possible damage to
Sorau Bth AF components production
through destruction
of 13 out of 15
- small factories in
the town •
• 8. Focke Wulf
Krzesinki
FW 190 components
29
29
May
Bth AF
May
Bth AF
Destruction of 6
machine shops & 14.
bldgs j severe damage
to 3 hangars.
Moderate
Warnemunde (fuselages) Bth AF
9 April
- Main workshop com-
Bth AF plex, boiler house
& stores severely
damaged; other bldgs
- damaged.
• 11. Arado
Anklam
FW 190 components. 9 Oct
Bth AF
U Aug
Bth AF
f
i4-3 Moderate
Severe damage to
boiler house. Damage
to workshops & stores
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15.
Norddeutsche
Dornier
Lubeck
G,A.F. Station FW
Schwerin k/F
Components
FW 190 A/C.
190 assembly
for 25 Aug
Bth AF
h Aug
Bth AF
3 workshops severely
damaged, 1 destroyed;
3 sheds damaged.
Slight damage.
5 Aug
- Severe damage to 5 ,
Halberstadt Bth AF hangars & 2 medium
16 Aug
- workshops.
Bth AF -
Severe damage to 3
hangars & several
bldgs possibly
stores or workshops.
•
shop.
26 Sept Damage to machine
Bth AF assembly shop, small
unidentified bldg f
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
# I. Aift&ASt
g^gtlters
B, GAF
1, M*I«A*G»
,t
24 Aug
- store.
Damage to 3 hangars;
Bth AF several unidentified
• 3. M.I.A.G,
Brunswick/
Wilhelmitoi4
Components
Me 110*3
for
13/14
RAF
20,21 Feb
15,23
29 Mar
Aug
*
- damaged*
All but 2 major
feldgs damaged.
10 workshops &
stores severely
damaged. Power house,
Bth AF & other bldgs damag
5 Aug
- ed.
2 large workshops
Bth AF & power house
13/U Aug
- damaged.
Moderate damage.
RAF
8 April 11 workshops now
19 May severely damaged;
Bth AF storage bldgs des
troyed or damaged.
4 « Junkers
Bernburg
Assembly of Ju 88
TS fighters -Ju
188 bombers &
20 Feb
Bth AF
11 April
-
2 assembly shops &
minor bldgs damaged
Some damage to 2
fighters & JU 52 assembljr shops. 5
transports »
29 June
-
other bldgs dcs
troyed or damaged.
Damage to assembly
Bth AF shop ,shop ,flight
hangar, small hangar,
large store, & small
•
hangar.
# 7 July
Bth AF
Several small bldgs
damaged.
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Daxe of
Target Importance Attack Damage
IAIRCRAFT
6. Junkers Fuselages
for Ju 88* s 20 Feb Damage to most of
Aschersleben and JU 52 's assembled Bth AF important bldgs \u2666 4
at Bernburg. of 7 large workshops
severely hit.
7 July 4- large, 1 medium &
Bth AF 2 small workshops
damaged. 2 small
workshops destroyed.
Machine shop & other
bldgs damaged.
+
Bth AF shops, 2 assembly
shops, 4- hangars, 5
large bldgs of the
locomotive, lorry &
tank fcty, offices
& unidentified bldgs.
8. Bachmann Components for ME 110 f s 25 Feb
- Damage to machine,
Furth assembled at Gotha. Bth AF assembly & sub-assem
bly shops', workshops,
10 Sept
- stores offices &
other bldgs \u2666
Severe damage to 1
Bth AF large machine shop •
• 16,19 Jul
Bth AF
-
hangars severely dam
aged; damage to mach
ine shopj sheds &
other bldgs.
Damage to large sub-
assembly & machine
shop, boiler house,
power house, workshop
& 2 hangars.
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* I.AIRCRAFT
10. Dornier
(continued)
18 Mar Repair shop severely
Oberpfaffenhofen Bth AF damaged. Offices &
stores damaged.
Assembly of Do 217 5 April 2 of 4 large assembly
repairs .
and Ue 4-10. Also 13 April
24 April
Bth AF
shops severely damagec
repair shop now des-
troyed; small bldgs
damaged or destroyed.
13 June Damage to 3 hangars,
15th AF repair shop, assembly
shop & other bldgs.
21 July Damage to assembly
Bth AF or repair shop, hang
ar & unidentified
bldg.
# 12. G.A*F.
Station
Repair & pos-
sibly assembly
18 July
15th AF
2 repair hangars gutted,
3 hangars, damaged:
Memmingen A/F of Me 410* 20 July Heavy "damage .
15th AF
13. Duna Assembly of Me 210 3,13 Apr 2 assembly hangars,
Budapest/ 15th AF flight hangar, &
Tokol other bldgs damaged*
30 July Damage to 2 flight
15th AF hangars #
9 Aug Damage to 2 assembly
15th AF shops, several small
bldgs & stores.
•« components (also
MT & flying bomb
components )
Bth AF
-
machine & assembly
shop, 2 machine shops
& press shops.
29 June Further damage to 3
Bth AF machine shops. Numer
ous barracks destroyed.
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
IAIRCRAFT
#
B, GAF Twin-Sngine Fighters (continued)
16. Heinkel Experimental work. 23 April Main assembly shop
Schwechat Also He 219 fighter & 15th AF damaged, 2 workshops
possibly jet- & 2 flight hangars
- Damage
26 June to A/C gun
I.AIRCRAFT
•
C. GAF Jet-Propelled Fighters
1. Dornier
Friedrichshafen/
Manzell
Formerly assembly
of seaplanes;
Believed converting
to jet A/C
production.
16,18
March
Bth AF
28 Mar
Bth AF
2*,.27/28
April
-
-
Severe damage to 3
shops; damage to
engineerings shops.
2 assembly
offices damaged.
1 bldg destroyed.
RAF
3 May
- Machine shop destroyed
Bth AF Metal shops', 13 small
& 6 medium bldgs,
machine shop, assembly
shop & assembly hangar
18 July
- damaged.
Severe damage*
15th AF
3 Aug
- Factory devastated.
15th AF
2. Dornier Believed tooling up 27/28 Apr
- Main assembly shop
Friedrichshafen/ for jet-propelled RAF severely damaged, 2
Lowenthal and fighter production. repair hangars &
Allmannsweiler other bldgs damaged.
20 July
15th AF
- Damage to main assem
bly shop & sheds.
lAIRCRAFT
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1 AIRCRAFT
D. G.A.F. Bombers,
1. A.T.A.G.
Leipzig/
Mockau
Transport, Misc.
Assembly of JU 88
bombers and JU 52
transports .
20 Feb
Bth AF
29 May
Bth AF
Severe damage to
3 assembly shops &
flight hangar.
-Damage to assembly
shop, flight hangar,
boiler house & un
identified bldg.
7 July -Moderate damage .
Bth AF
/
4- Aug -Damage to assembly
25 Aug -Damage
*
to hangars,
•
4. Heinkel
Rostock/
Barnsdorf
Components
Ill's.
for H$
20 Feb
Bth AF
boiler house, stores
6 shops.
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Date- o:
Target ortance Attack Damage
I. AIRCRAFl1
.
•
Germandorf Ju 88, 3 stores or office
bldgs
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Target Importance Attack Damage
*•
AIRCRAFT
» D. G.A.F. Bombers, Transport > Misc. (continued)
16 Aug
16
- other bldgs.
Machine shop, com-
com
Sth AF ponent shop & 10
«
other bldgs destroyed
or damaged.
#
assembly shop & store,
shop, 8c several
unidentified bldg3*
20* Blohm 8c Voss Seaplane components. 2/3 Aug 4-3 Moderate damage.
Hamburg/ RAF
Steinwarder
+
Budapest/
Vesces
with components
from Fildex factory
in Budapest.
15th AF
2 July
-
heavily damaged;
other bldgs damaged,
Slight damage.
15th AF
9 Aug
- Damage to 9 hangars _,
15th AF several workshops, &
other bldgs.
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Date of
x
Target
AIRCRAFT
Importance Attack Damage
27 -Mar
- damaged.
Main assembly bldg,
Bth AF 2 large hangars & 5
15 June
- workshops damaged,
6 hangars damaged.
Bth AF
•
Bth AF
5 Feb 4 hangars , & other
Bth AF bldgs damaged.
20 May Several bldgs des-
Bth AF
25 June
- troyed or damaged.
Damage to 6 hangars ,
Bth .AF & several shops.
30 May
-
troyed .
or completely des
.
test beds, other
bldgs
I. AIRCRAFT
#»
S. Italian Aircraft
Assembly of Re 8 Jan
- bO% of plant area
1. Reggiane
Reggio Emilia fighters & SM 79.
Reggio
Also assembly of
15th AF
30 Apr
- Damage
devastated.
Damage to assembly
aero-engines, & 15th AF shop.
shop.
2. Breda
possibly repair.
Fighter plane 7/8 Aug 13
- - Slight damage.
Milan/Bresso
Milan/Bresso assembly-formerly
35 Me 202/ mo,
RAF
30 April
- Allmain bldgs des
des-
15th AF troyed or damaged.
- Severe damage.
••
Pontdera of aircraft (Pi 108 15th AF
AF
Fogligne
Fogligne
•
5. Fiat
6. Fiat
Turin/Aeri-
talia
Marina di
Marina
Believed assembling
fighter aircraft.
A/C.
Airframes for Fiat
25 Apr
Apr
15th AF
AF
12 May
15th AF
3 assembly shops and
other bldgs damaged.
7* Macchi
Macchi
Me 202 assembly 30 Apr Four-fifths destroyed
Varese
Varese
15th AF
l/2? May
- Remainder seriously
RAF Medit. damaged.
I. AIRCRAFT
F. Repair
1. Focke Wulf A/C repair 17 Apr 43
- Severe damage.
\
Bremen/
Neuenland
Bth AF
8/9 Oct 43
- Slight damage.
#
RAF
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
IAIRCRAFT
#
F. Repair (continued)
•
7« Junkers
Leipzig/
World Fair
8. Focke Wulf
Components & repair
of Junkers
Aircraft repair,
planes.
3/4 Dec 13
RAF
20 Feb
Bth AF
Jan
- Very Severe.
Minor.
Moderate damage.
Berlin/ RAF
Johannistal
•
14. SNDA dv
Nord
Meaulte
A/C repair.
13 May 43
Bth AF
4 July 43
Moderate.
- Severe.
Nantes Bth AF
16 Sept
-
43 Moderate.
Bth AF
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Date of
Target Importance Attack
IAIRCRAFT
#
F. Repair (continued)
16. Airdrome A/C repair & storage. 14 July 43
Le Bourget Bth AF
16 July 43
Bth AF
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of transport planes;
components for FW
189 ls.
21. Morane Repair of De 520 *s. 10/11 Mar 3 large fcty bldgs
Ossun RAF severely damaged;
other bldgs damaged.
23. Junkers
Le Mans planes .
Repair of Junkers 7 May
9th AF
Virtually devastated.
A
24. S t A.B.C.A. Repair of Me k 7 Sept 43 Severe.
Brussels/ He aircraft. Bth AF
3vere 10 Apr Hangar & research
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• Target
I. AIRCRAFT
F. Repair (continued)
Importance Attack Damage
ponents .
duction of com
25 June
Bth AF
small bldgs.
Damage to components
shop, machine shop,
hangars & several
small bldgs.
27, 5.N.C.A.5.3. Repair of He 111 5/6 Apr
- All 3 main bldgs des
Toulouse and Ju 88 m Assembly 1/2 !!ay troyed; smaller bldge
of De 520 or He
aircraft.
RAF
25 June
- Damage
destroyed
to
or damaged.
shops,
Bth AF store, boiler house
& unidentified bldg #
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Brussels/
Vilvorde
repair.
Repair of
Bth AF damaged.
Severe,
30. BM A/C & 18 Nov A3
Oslo/ DB aero-engines. Bth AF
Kjeller 28/29 Apr Large workshop, store
RAF workshop & 3 small
bldgs destroyed.
32. Equipment Field airpark 10/11 Apr Six long bldgs nearly
Depot & signals equipment RAF destroyed, others danr
St. Cyr depot. 25 July aged. Additional
RAF new damage.
20 July
other bldgs .
storage bldg & 6
Bth AF
2U Aug Damage to 2 medium
Bth AF & 2 other bldgs.
HBMMv^* ft
#
- Damage
Genshagen
, to 2 work
Bth AF
6 Aug
-:,
shops
offices .
5 sheds &
Severe damage to 7
Bth AF
workshops & 3 test
.
beds. Damage to 7
workshops
3. Daimler Benz
Berlin/
Marienf elde
DB aero-engines
also tanks.
17 Jan 43
RAF
23 Aug 43
- Slight.
Moderate ,
RAF
6 Aug -Damage to 4- machine
Bth AF & assembly shops,
forge, 5 workshops &
2 stores bldgs.
Querum
24 Aug
- bldgs .
stores & unidentified
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Target Importance Attack Damage
I. AIRCRAFT
10. BW
Ilunich/Ober- BMW. aero-engines
wiessenfeld Also experimental
. 9/10
RAF
Mar 43- Slight.
• BMW aero-engine
repair.
13 June
15th AF
11,12,13
July
31 July
Bth AF
19 July
12 Sept
15th AF
Damage to machine
shop & 2 bldgs.
Several bldgs hit.
•
15. B.M.W.
Clermont
F errand
Assembly &/or
repair of BMW aero
'
10/11
RAF
Mar
29 June 43
Bth AF
Severe damage to 2
other bldgs.
- Moderate damage.
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•
7 July Moderate damage.
Bth AF
21. pommerische Jumo aero-engines. 11 Apr
- All 5 large machine
Motorenbau Bth AF shops very severely
Stettin/ damaged, stores &
Arnimswalde other bldgs damaged.
22. Junkers Jumo aero-engines. 29 June
-Damage to several
Magdeburg
-
Pr opellors, fuel pumps. Bth AF •. bldgs.
5 Aug Damage to stores &
Bth AF
16 Aug
-several shops.
Moderate damage.
Bth AF
28 Sept
-Damage to 5 shops.
Bth AF
23. Junkers Jumo 211/213 20 July
- Severe damage to 14
Kothen aero-engines. Bth AF
16 Aug
- bldgs.
Damage
Other damage.
to 3 workshops,
Bth AF & other bldgs.
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
IAIRCRAFT
# G. Aero-Sngines (continued)
26, Factory Believed Jumo aero- 27 May
- Damage to 2 large
Yfoippy engine repair & Bth AF workshops; 3 small
«
components production.
18 Aug
Aug
- bldgs destroyed*
Destruction of work-
work
Bth AF
Bth shop, damage to 3
\
workshops & 8 un-
un
identified bldgs.
• 8/9
- Very heavy
29. Gnome &
29.
Rhone
Limoges
Assembly of 14N &.
14R engines. RAF
23/24
Feb
June
- 2 stores bldgs & 6
damage.
RAF
RAF machine shops des-
des
troyed.
30. Fiat
30. Aero & auto engines. 12/13 July
July
- Moderate damage.
Turin/ A3 RAF
A3
Lingotto 29 Mar 5 large bldgs
15th AF severely damaged.,
32. Isotta
32. Aero-engines, 7/8 Aug 43 Severe damage.
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Fraschini RAF
Milan
IAIRCRAFT
O 2. Elektron
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Primarily aircraft
landing gear.
20/21
RAF
Feb 70 % of building
area destroyed.
t
7. Alfred Knecht
14/15 Apr
Stuttgart
43 RAF
»
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Frankfurt shafts .
Aero-engine crank 20 Mar
Bth AF
3 machine shops,
workshops/ storage,
& 20 bldgs destroyed
or severely damaged.
12/13 Sept Slight damage;
RAP
9* Fischer
Carburetors for 29 Jan Moderate damage #
*N Frankfurt
aero-engines + Bth AF
•/
> 10 •. Max Gerner
Frankfurt
11..V.D.M.
Frankfurt/
13. Hackenfelde
Instruments for Jan Moderate damage.
Berlin/
aircraft , RAF
Spandau
aratebau
Berlin/
Aircraft. RAF'
Jan
Moderate.
Lichtenberg RAF
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
1.-.AIRCRAFT
# .
H Minor Aircraft Components (continued)
15 «., Neve Kuhler Aircraft components .
# Jan Almost complete
Templehof
20. Schmitter
Augsburg
Components for
aircraft ,
25/26' Feb Moderate..
RAF
destruction. -
22. Metallguss Light metal castings 7 July Heavy damage*
Leipzig for A/C* Bth AF
i
\ Munich Bth AF 5 machine shop, press
22 Sept
shop* .
Moderate damage.
15th AF
•
;
12 Sept
- Damage
warehouse,
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* AIRCRAFT
RAF
Leichtmetall
RAF
Hamburg
25 M?y
- numerous other bldgs
Moderate damage.
15th AF
•
32. Farina
Turin
33. SAFSA
Milan
A/C
A/C
components
instruments.
12/13
RAF
7/8
RAF
July A3 Moderate.
Aug 43 Moderate.
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( Target Importance
X~--'
13 Apr
.
center. Other bldgs
damaged
•Large .machine shop
Bth AF damaged; 2 large
machine shops two-
thirds destroyed;
small sheds. & shops
destroyed.
19, 21 July Destruction of heat
Bth \F treatment shop &
medium bldg. Damage
to large machine shop,
heat treatment shop,
• 2. V, K. P. Werk I
Schweinfurt
18.7/£ of Axis pre-
attack supply.
(with Werk II )
17 Aug'U3
Bth AF
111 Oct'U3
Bth AF
medium bldg, forge.
Slight
Moderate
bldgs .
3. V. K. F. II Kith Werk I sup 17 &ug'U3 Moderate
Schweinfurt plied 18. 7^' of pre- Bth AF
attack bearing Ik Oct'l+3 Severe
supply. 2k Feb
Bth *F
13 Apr
damaged .
\u25a0Several bldgs
Assembly or machine
Bth AF
19,21 July
damaged .
shop severely
• 5. y. k. f.
Berlin/ferkner
k*~b% of Axis pre
attack supply.
18 Jul-3 Aug
RAF
8 Mar
Bth AF
Moderate damage
3 of k
.
large machine
shops apparently
gutted. Other
small bldgs des
troyed .
#
Assembly-testing
packing bldgs,
cage shop & officer
nearly destroyed;
stores and dis-
•
Schweinfurt* & packing shed &
.
2 unidentified
bldgs
13. Nadella
Needle bearings 10/ll All but 1 bldg
La Ricameri©
Mar destroyed or
f&F damaged.
ll+. R.I.V.
2.6% of Axis pre- 8 Nov »l+3 Slight
Turin
attack supply. 15th AF
1 Dec 'I+3 Severe
15th iP
29 Mar. Damage to ring
15th AF grinding dept.
15. R I
.V.
f Former output 1.3$ 10 Nov »l+3 Slight
Villar Perosa of Axis pre-attack 15th AF
supply of bearings. 3 Jan. Severe
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# A, Synthetic Plants
•
Bth AF house, ammonia
plant, offices.
20 July Damage to contact
Bth AF oven house, &
numerous other
bldgs. Also gas
holders, pumto
house.
» 11,23 Sept
Bth i.P
Considerable damage.
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111 OIL (continued)
A. Synthetic Plants
3. Bydrierwerke
-
Synthetic oil*- 29 May Damage to injector
Politz (Bergius) Capa- Bth AF
circulathr. house, 2
city 600,000 tons/
workshops, boilers, &
dust extraction plant.
#
year.
•
damaged.
25 Aug Damage to water gas
Bth AF plant, boilers, in
jector & circulator
house, & miscellaneous
bldgs.
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111. OIL (continued)
# A # Synthetic Plants
•
stores bldg, gas puri
fication plant,distil
lation plant & other
bldgs.
11,12 Sept Damage to compressor
Bth AF house, gas purification
plant, hydro gen at ion
stalls, injector house,
distillation plant, gas
.
holder, 5 small bldgs ,&
l\. tanks
7. Gelsenkirchen
Bergwerks
Synthetic oil-
(Bergius)-Capa
12/13 June Severe damage to in
jection houses, gas
generating plants,
hydro genati on stalls,
paste preparation plant;
damage to 13 cooling
towers, 3 large tanks,
h cooling towers, 6
medium tanks, gasholders,
unidentified bldgs,
compressor houses, main
boiler hall,& coal
handling plant.
Damage to boiler house,
•
3 workshops, injector
house, gasholder,distil
lation plant & other
bldgs.
Moderate damage,
Moderate damage .
C5-5268,AF
*3ii'i<& B
' ' \u25a0
. . Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
# A. Synthetic Plants
preparation, l tank,
•
10. l.G.Farben Synthetic oil
13 Sept
15th AF
7 July
-
centrafuge house, 3 un
identified bldgs.
Minor damage.
13 Sept
- hall, & I 4 gasholders.
Minor damage.
15th AF
11. I
,G. Farben Synthetic oil 20 Aug /\u25a0t oil plant, damage to
Oswiecim (Bergius).Capa- 15th AF several bldgs ,stills,
city 200,000 possible Methonol Synthesis
tons/year. Syn- bldg, gasholder, & other
thetic rubber bldgs. At rubber plant
& light metals. damage to polymerisation
& butadiene olants &
•
13 Sept
15th AF
Also heavy dsmage to
& stores.
Considerable stamage.
UnuLAi?C':/ i£iJ >
ate of
Target . Importance Attack , Damage \u0084.,.,......,,.
ll|.. Wintershall
unidentified bldgs.
Synthetic oil
(Bergius) .Capa-
7 July
- Severely damaged.
•
Lutzkendorf Bth AF
city 120,000 13 Sept Moderate damage.
tons/year. Bth AF
Ruhro l
15 • Bottrop/ Synthetic oil 20/21 Several bldgs damaged.
Welheim ( Bergius). Capa- July
city 100,000 RAF
tons/year.
16. I.G. Farben Synthetic oil 3,5,& 9 Distillation columns & ad-
Ludwigshafen ( Bergius )Cap a- Sept. ministration-type bldg
city 90,000 Bth AF damaged.
tons /year.
21+Aug
- blower house, & unidenti
fied bldgs.
Destructionof large gas-
Bth AF holder, 1 large & 2 small
tanks, 1 bldg.
«IS_ t Minor
oth s^P
\u25a0*
Air
18. Wintershall Synthetic oil- 12 .May
May -. Moderate damage.
(Fischer Tropsch) 28 May
# Lutzkendorf
capacity I^o,ooo Bth AF
Heft exchangers bldg
nearly destroyed ; 2oven
tons /year. houses damaged; 10 small &
2 large tanks destroyed*
r
II?% f*s ' % KJR26S^AF
Target Importance Attack Damage
# A. Synthetic Plants
•
Capacity 125,000
tons /year.
nit rates.
Also
18 /l9 Aug
gas purification plant,
30 Sept
tion & gasholder.
Minor
RAF
Schaffgotsch Ben zin
22. Odertal Synthetic
Synt oil 7 July Considerable damage, al-
(Fischer Tropsch) 15th AF though not to main
Capacity 110,000 objectives.
tons/year. 22 Aug Damage to contact oven
15th AF house, pump house, blower
house, 3 gasholders,
cracking plant.
13 Sept Minor damage.
15th AF
Essener Steinkohle
23. Kamen Synthetic oil
Syn 11 Sept Severe damage to contact
(Fischer Tropsch) RAF oven house, water gas plant,
Capacity 100,000 gas purification plant;
• 21+. Klockner
tons /year.
Moderate damage.
Winterschall (Fischer Tropsch) RAF
Castrop Rauxel Capacity 100,000
tons/year.
111. OIL (continued)
# B. Refineries
damaged.
15th AF
28 July Damage to distillation
tanks
\u2666
.
1 large bldg.Boiler house
damaged
tons/year. 15th AF
31 May Processing plants destroy
15th AF ed & distilling units,
• 11 June
15th AF
9 July
cracking plant,stabilisa
tion plant & asphalt
plant hit.
1 tank gutted.
H^^lJH
C5-5268,AF
•
B. Refineries
28. Romano Ameri- Oil refinery 31 May 1 medium oil tank destroy
cana Refinery Capacity 15th AF ed; 2 tanks severely
Ploesti 1,170,000 damaged; 2 minor damage.
tons /year. Stabilization & distillat
ion bldgs damaged.
10 June 2 tanks damaged. Storage
* 15th AF tank destroyed. Damage
to process tanks; also
small process tanks.
Boiler house roof damaged.
Small shed damaged.
15 July Stabilization plant damag
15th AF ed. Tanks destroyed.
22 July 2 tanks burned out.
15th AF
26/27
RAF Med.
10 Aug
July
tanks.
Considerable damage's to
Damage to 2 bldg,boiler
•
15th AF 3
bldgs destroyed.
15th AF
29. Phoenix Orion Oil refinery 1 Aug '2+3 Moderate
Ploesti Capacity 9th AF
730,000 tons/ 2k April Distillation plant &
year. Active 5 May unidentified installations
prior to attack. 15th AF damaged; numerous medium
& small tanks destroyed.
Destruction of boiler &
power houses.
•
535,000 15 July Slight damage.
year. 15th AF
31 July Tank damaged.
15th AF
•
-
Oil refinery
Aquila Capacity 535,000
Ploesti tons /year. In 5 May -14.
storage tanks
active since
Aug. 19Ub attack.
15th AF
11 June
-
damaged . .
burned out, others
Sheds damaged
15th AF
sheds;
roof damage to pre
vious damaged bldg.
3 other sheds damaged
damage to Dubbs
cracking plant.
15 July
.
-2 unidentified bldgs
• 15th AF
28 July
15th AF
17 Aug
15th 4F
damaged
-3 tanks destroyed.
-Severe damage to
boiler house & 2
small bldgs .
3U» Xenia Oil refinery 5 May -2 tanks destroyed,
Ploesti Capacity 290,000 15th AF distillation plant
tons/year. inactive.
9 July -6 tanks destroyed ;
15th AF unidentified bldgs
damaged .
35* Petrolmina Oil refinery 5 May Sheds destroyed or
( tumina ) Capacity 150,000 15th AF damaged. 12 tanks
Ploesti tons /year destroyed. Distilla
tion unit damaged.
•
114. July 2 tanks destroyed.. Some
Bth AF damage to bldgs •
17 Sept Heavy damage.
15th AF
Oil refinery- 114.
June Damage to storage tanks
Capacity 60,000 15th AF for finished products,
tons /year. lubricating oil plant,
boiler houses & probable^
distillation unit.
Ik July Plant made completely
15th AF inoperative.
distillation plants,
damaged;
15th AF
JL(3 • So cony Vacuum Oil refinery- 114.
June Damage to boiler house.
Almasfuzito
tons /year .
Capacity 125,000 15th AF
9 Aug Severe damage to stills,
D5-5268,AF
(
IS . Magyar
rs
ozony
Oil refinery
Capacity 100,000
lh June
15th AF
Damage to distillation
units, pump house, boiler
tons /year. house, transformer house,
unidentified bldgs, oil
4
"storage tanks.
21 Aug Damage to small shed, 3
15th AF tanks & unidentified bldgs
28 Aug Damage to distillation
15th AF unit, boiler house, pump
house, & other bldgs. 8
tanks damaged or wrecked.
I+7. Standard
Vacuum
Oil refinery
Capacity 100,000
10/ll
RAF
June 3 tanks damaged & If.
k9* I
poll Oil refinery 114.
June Ten tanks destroyed or
Osijek Capacity 20,000 15th AF damaged. Stabilization
tons/year. plant & distillation'
units damaged.
cluding gasoline
.
to workshops & tank area.
15thf4AF',
LfiAF^,
- Damage to puinphot
tanks ,**storage
receiving tanks,
receiving
1) y, f^ '^ *tanks , storage sheds.
Destruction of 2 storage
tanks •
05-5268^
.
*>
.$
i^j
ni. oil
# B. Refineries
• Vienna/fcagran
SU. NovaOcl
tons/year
7 tanks destroyed.Damage
•
storage sheds.
15th AF
55. Fanto Oil refinery 8 July Heavy damage to distil
Vienna/ Capacity 14.0,000 15th AF lation unit & 7 tanks.
Vosendorf tons/year. 23 Aug Severe damage to luSne
15th AF oil plant, servicing bldg
& warehouse.
56. Creditul Minier Oil refinery 8 July 9 tanks & unidentified
Vienna/ Capacity \
15th AF bldgs destroyed or damaged,
* Severe damage to l<arge
Korneuberg 50,000 tons/ 22 August
year. 15th AF warehouse & oil treatment
plant.
- house^&^iL^fJf spaLLlaneous
of 5
'* ''tanks, £as'holde>f3Wihkler
•
rt l
•oaxiKs, gasnoiaer^pwinicler
* generators &
*h"%^% « ' "4 5 miscellane
V 4^"'** ous s»
111. OIL (continued)
\u2666 B. Refineries
• 60. Fanto
Pardubice
Oil refinery
Capabity 200,000
tons /year .
2l\.
Aug
15th AF
Damage to distillation
units ,2 boiler houses, oil
treatment plant, packing
sheds ,workshops, 6 un
identified bldgs.
- - ;
83
C^
Date o
Attacl
# B. Refineries
.
66 Roms a
Fiume
Oil refinery
Capacity 130,000
19/20
July
Damage to dewaxing plant,
& boiler house. 9 tanks
tons/year. 15th AF destroyed.
bldgs.
•
tons /year. Also 25 May Very severe damage.
storage 15th AF
9,10 June 2 sheds destroyed. Block of
15th A*' bldgs damaged.
•
Indus .des. Caps city 300,000 15th AF plant, stores, & unidentified
Petroles tons/yeer. Not in bldgs. Destruction of 8
Sete/ operation small tanks & unidentified
Frontignan bldgs.
¥,** {'<%
76. Etang de Thau Oil refinery 25 June " Dama ge to t pnks ,uni<|^gitij*
Sete/Balaruc Capacity unknown 15th AE .» ? fi,ed bldgs .Destruction
Not in operation
til tf
%os.
C5-5268,j^
84
—
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- - -\u25a0 •• •
'- ;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0
~ "~~ ~"~~ ~ "
\u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0• \u25a0-\u25a0
Date o f
Target Importance Attack flayage «% [|*Efj|
80. Shell
Oil stores h Aug 11 small bldgs &numerous
Paullic
Refining of RAF tanks destroyed. Damage to
500,000 tons/ distillation & cracking
year capacity. units •
Inactive 6 Aug 5 main bldgs & 6 small
Bth AF bldgs destroyed. 6 medium
tanks damaged.
81. Rhenania
Oil refinery 2/3 Aug'l;3 Moderate
Ossag
Capacity 550,000 RAF
Hamburg/
tons/year. 20 June Damage to distillation
Harburg
Bth AF plants ,2boiler houses,
cracking plant, topping
plant, wax extraction,
asphalt treatment & stor
age, pumping stations. 11
cd.
/
83. Europaische
Tanklager
Hamburg
Oil refinery
I+oo,ooo
year capacity
Bth AF
tons/
18 June
20 June
Bth AF
Damage to cracking plant,
large group of tanks,
boiler houses & several
bldgs. 30 large iatf&ff^
destroyed^ t \- y* v\u25a0.
f.f
\\'% \»
*'
Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
.
111 OIL (continued)
B. Refineries
# 814.. Rhenania Oil refinery 1 j/^PWdfel VPama^e' to 2 boiled nouses
,
Ossag Capacity 130,000 Bth AF several distillation plants
Hamburg tons /year. 2 stores bldgs many
tanks. Miscellaneous
bldgs destroyed.
2k Aug
Aug 'li3 Moderate
Severe damage.
Moderate damage.
Bth AF
11, 12 Sept
Bth 4F
Moderate damage .
90. ii emmingstedt
J
Oil mine & oil 18 July Several bldgs destroyed.
'
r* "Si V,-. V\
>
!*\u25a0\u25a0
#
B. Refineries
Emmerich
tons/^ear .
Capacity 60 ,500 Bth iF & unidentified bldgs.
•
9U« Deutsche
Gasolin
Dollbergen
Oil refinery
Capacity UOjOOO
tons /year. Oper
ating on distil**
lates.
5 Aug
Bth AF
Destruction of main
boiler house, damage to 2
distillation plants, oil
pump house, 7 medium
.
unidentified bldgs, & 17
tanks
tons/year. A.G.
•
coal tar treat
ment.
• 109. Oelfabriken
Grossberau
Bremen
Vegetable oils. 18 /l9
RAF
'
Aug Heavy damage.
'
88
I^l^
4V4 V
c
v
C5-5268,AF
MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
•
.
5 Michelin
Clermont
Ferrand .
6. Goodrich
Paris/
Tires & tubes.
Capacity 300,000
tires j output
much smaller.
9/10
RAF
Mar
May
Severe damage
plant, tube plant,
power station.
One-third demolished.
to tire
Gennevilliers
mo
-
at 2,000 tires/
capacity
50,000/ mo.
7. Pirelli Rubber goods 7/8 Aug. '43 Severe
Mian RAF
•
- 39
-
LEW Date of
Importance Rating Attack Damage
Target
V SUBMARINE YARDS
-
# 1. Deutsche
Kiel
Werft U-boats on slips
3% of total under |i||
(14) 14 May
h _|f
J%^
'^-Moderate
construction in B H Al I"}
Wfc ffi^^W^fa§\u25a0
\ : '% iii!\\uu25a025a0%
*
*
Germany in Feb. lW|'3sfl^hW
» &P iLaJrij gj '""'* ~ *
If11
Bth AF^"
22 May -Minor
Bth AF
18 July -Engineering shops,
Bth AF carpenter's shops,
power station
damaged.
23/24 July -Damage to stores,
facilities, shipp
16/17 Aug ing & buildings
RAF
30 Aug -Damage to 1 large
Bth AF bldg & 3 medium
bldgs.
•
2. Krupp Germania
Kiel lop of total under Bth AF
construction in 5 Jan -Slight
Germany in Feb 1944 Bth AF
22 May -Minor
Bth AF
6 July -Damage to erecting
Bth AF & testing shop,
small bldgs, &
boiler shop.
30 Aug -Damage to erecting
Bth AF & testing shop,
paint & joiners
shop, 2 unidenti
fied bldgs; dcs
truction of car
penters shops &
5 unidentified bldgs
3. Kriegsmarine Shipbuilding, in (14) 25 July '43-Moderate
Werft cluding sub- Bth AF
Kiel marines. 6 July -Moderate
Bth AF
23/24 July -4 engine shops,
16/17 Aug damaged, 2 floating
RAF drydocks sunk.
30 Aug -Moderate damage.
• 4. Naval Arsenal
Kiel
Y/arships, includ
ing submarines,
(1)
Bth AF
30 Aug
3th AF
(1-0 26 July '^Severe
-Moderate
:\u25a0 y\
diesel engines & f U^.^-.' :l Slight \u25a0\u25a0•.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0*•
other equipment.
- 90 - C5-5268,AF
• 6. Howaldts Werke
Hamburg
Submarine
struction
con- (i) 26 July '43 -Moderate
Bth AF
18 June -1 medium & 3 large
Bth AF bldgs destroyed,
roof damage to 2
large bldgs.
4 Aug -Damage to frame
Bth AF bending & plate
shops, angle bar
smithery, stores
& sheds.
• 10. Deschimag
Bremen
Shipyard producing
small naval vessels, i
Bth AF
29 July
Bth AF
-7 bldgs destroyed
or damaged.
-Moderate
15. Stettiner Submarine & ship (1) 13 May -Medium & 1 small
Oderwerke construction. Bth AF bldgs destroyed.
Stettin 16/17 Aug -Destruction of
RAF 10 bldgs. . Severe
damage to 16 bldgs.
X V
>\u25a0\u25a0:
C5~5268,AF
91
V
V
MEW Date of
• T
Target
SUBMARINE 'YARDS (Cc
17. Schiffwerft
Rostock
Rostock
Importance
ont'd.)
Cont'd.
U-boats on slips
0o of total under
construction in
Rating
-
Attack
(2) 20 Feb
Bth AF
Damage
-Moderate
.
stores, & other
bldgs
21. Flensburger
Submarines
Submarines
Submarines
RAF
Moderate
Schiffsbau Bth AF
Flensburg
•
I*l WW |*j J%iii \u25a0JsSt jJSvR**
92
MEW Date of
• Target
1. Henschel
Importance
TRANSPORT
Tanks, locomotives,
Rating Attack
—Slight
Kassel
trucks . RAF
22/23 Oct '43-Moderate
RAF
3. Sulzer
Diesel engines 2 16/17 Apr '.43-Slight
Mannheim
RAF
9/10 Aug '43- -Slight
RAF
5/6- Sept
'43—"Moderate
RAF
4. Daimler Benz
Diesel engines 2 18/19 Nov '43-Moderate
Mannheim
RAF
RAF
6. Eisenwerk
Steel, gears, 2 22/23 Sept '43- Moderate
Wulfel
transmissions RAF
Hanover
7. Klockner-
MV repairs 2 1/2 Mar '43 -Moderate
Humbolt-
RAF
Deutz
23/24 Aug '43-Moderate
Berlin RAF'
8 . Renault
Motor trucks & 4 Apr '43 -Severe
Paris
tanks Bth AF
15 Sept '43 -Moderate
Bth AF
'
\u25a0
9. Fora
Motor trucks 22 June 43 -Moderate
Antwerp
Bth AF
""
MEW Date of
1-4. Fr. Krupp Medium tanks '1 21/22 Jan Moderate damage.
Grusonwerke heavy engineering. RAF
Magdeburg 5 Aug -Severe damage to
•
Bth AF foundries, repair
shops, 2 pattern
shops, boiler shop,
assembly shop, &
stores. Damage to
3 very large ma
11 Sept
shops .
chine & assembly
-Damage to 2 machine
Bth AF shops, probable
stores & unidenti
fied bldgs.
-r , ffl §r?s f
CJ-52^ J 11
rw,pA i I
VI. TANKS AM) MOTOR TRANSPORT (continued)
#
.
damage to 3 small
bldgs
#
21 July
Bth AF
Moderate damage.
22. Adler Werke AFV's and components 1 22/23 Mar -Severe damage to
Frankfurt RAF 3 machine shops,
12/13
repair shop, stores
& other "toldgs
Sept-Damage to 3 mcd.
.
R\F & 1 large fcldg.
23. Vogele
AFV's and components 2 16/17 \u25a0Moderate
Mannheim
Apr 'U3
RAF
21 July -Moderate damage.
Bth AF
.
21+ Gothaer
Waggonf abr i
k-
Locomotives, trucks,
AFV T s
1 20, 2h
Feb
Severe damage.
Goth a Bth AF
- 95 -
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
•
military transport & sheds.
13/14 -Moderate damage.
Aug.
RAF
29. Daimler Benz Motor trucks. 1 9,ll+Aug -Damage to large
Stuttgart/ Bth AF shop, 4 shop-type
Sindelfingen bldgs, lstore ,&
bldgs .unidentified.
10 Sept -Severe damage to
Bth AF 7 workshops, admin
istrative & storage
bldgs.
•
stores bldgs, 1+
bldgs, & power plant*
•
VI. TANKS AND MOTOR TRANSPORT (continued)
12/l3
RAF
Aug -Damage to several
bldgs.
25/^6
RAF
Aug -Severe damage to 3
large assembly
shops ,laboratories ,
forge, 2 large
machine shops, main
body bldg shop,
aero engine shop.
Damage to storage
sheds.
•
35* Auto Union
components.
Trucks (also 2
5 Aug.
Bth AF
11 Sept
very large machine
& assembly shop.
-Severe damage to
all large bldgs, ex
cept power house.
-Severe damage to 2
Chemnitz/Siegmar machinery at ad Bth AF large machine shops
joining Wanderer & 7 smaller bldgs.
Werke)
I+2. Auto-Union
Berlin/
Span da u
Military vehicles,
probably repairs . 3 \/Z Mar' l+3-Mo derate.
Jan
RAF
Moderate.
# Neckersulm
Motor cycles 2 2lx Apr
Bth AF
-7 minor bldgs des
troyed or damaged.
46 •
I Alfred Teves Motor transport 1* 20 Mar 6 machine shops ,
Frankfurt components Bth AF storage, assembly,
dispatch & unidenti
fied bldgs destroyed
or severely damaged.
I4S. R.Bosch
Stuttgart
Spark plugs. 2 21 July . -Severe damage.
Bth AF
12/13 -Moderate damage.
Sept.
RiF
22 June'l^-Ifoderate
Bth AF
21+/25May -Main bldg group-
RAF 3/I+ ,destroyed.
98
* VI. TANKS MD MOTOR TRANSPORT (continued)
50. Berliet
Lyons
Truck assembly l/2May
RAF
Severe damage to
assembly shops,
foundry workshops ,
& other bldgs.
•
si-|..Army DeDot
Munich
Milbertshofen
15th AF 8 sheds.
ged.
57 • Ordnance Depot'
Ulm (Neu Ulm) 10 Sept Damage to 7 bldgs.
Bth AF
61. Ordnance
Uhna
Depot
10 Sept
15th AF
19
-15
Sept. Damage to
Bth AF
bldgs damaged.
5 bldgs.
\u25a0ft ffi'.
•*
/ h
* it
r
v1
\ *
*
_ _
99
•
W»
m
2. Spandauer
Stahl
Berlin
Guns £nd
components . 1 16/17
RAF
De c 43 Slight.
.
3 . Berliner Mas
chinenbau
Locomotives. 1 23/24
RAF
Aug 43 Moderate.
Berlin
5* Schwietzke
Castings, 2 11/12 June Moderate.
Dusseldorf
torpedoes. 43 RAF
6. Drinkes Eisen Steel products. 2 27/28 Sep 43 Slight..
Hanover RAF
•
7. Klocknerwerke
Dusseldorf
8. Alexanderwerk
Remscheid
Wire.
Machinery, MV
components.
2
2
3/4 Nov 43
11/12
43 RAF
30/31
43
June
July
RAF
Moderate.
Moderate
Severe.
•
Transport
Leipzig
16. Albert
V/uppertal
Iron & Steel
products . 3
RAF
29/30
RAF
May 43
« Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
# Masohinen
Wuppertal
machinery. RAF
25, Le Creusot
Mills
Le Creusot
Armaments,
locomotives . 19/20
43 RAF
June Moderate,.
# \
26.; Falck
Milan
30. Farina
Turin
Brakes, A/C
components . 12/13
RAF
Jul 43 Ifbderate.
#
M
C5-5268,AF
101
ilI lW si|j|y § IuII
yiij
MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
#
VII ARMAMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING (continued)
*
.
ing shells &
fuzzes
12/13 Mar 43-Moderate.
RAF
3/4 Apr 43 Slight..
RAF
RAF
25/26 July
Moderate.
43 RAF
26/27 Mar Severe damage to
,. shell
RAF steel works
turning shop, fur
naces, foundry &
machine shop #
26/27 Apr 21 bldgs severely
RAF damaged, including
shops for lorries,
Dies el engines,
R/R equipment,
howitzers and steel.
• 32 bldgs moderately
or slightly damaged.
11/12
- Slight.
35, Rheinmetall
Borsig
Dusseldorf
Guns, shells,
forgings
munitions
14-
43
3/4
June
RAF
Nov 43
- Slight.
RAF
16/17 Dec 43-Moderate,
RAF
22/23 Apr Severe damage.
RAF
9 Sept Serious damage to
Bth AF machine & assembly
shops, foundry,
steel making shop &
press shop.
RAF
RAF
•
Dusseldorf products 3/4 Nov 43
RAF
22/23 Apr
Severe damage.
RAF
'"' W
"
102 ~
illml<• *!** *:
• Target Importance Rating
75-95$ destroyed
or damage.
lorries, AA
Artillery.
40. Mas chinenfabrik Steam & diesel 1 21/22 Jan Moderate damage,
Magdeburg components,
armaments .
4-1. Berliner Steam & diesel 1 8 Mar Damage to bolt &
Mas chinenbau/ locomotives, Bth AF tool shop, mech
Berlin/Wildau precision anical shop &
machinery, painting shops.
torpedo & sub
components \u26 6
• Stuttgart
21/22
RAF
May
Severe damage.
Moderate damage.
bridges ,
Duisburg 43 RAF
»
46. Kabelwork A.G.
Duisburg cables .
Torpedo nets & 2 8/9 Jan 43
RAF
21/22 May
Moderate damage.
Moderate damage.
RAF
Duisburg RAF
21/22 May
Slight damage.
RAF
•
etc.
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VII. ARMAMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING (continued)
#
Brunswick
holders .
tanks, gas- RAF
29 Feb
15,23,29
large workshop,
machine shops, press,
forging & other shops
March
Bth AF
8 Apr Severe damage to
Bth AF large workshop &
machine shop; damage
to various shops.
19 May Severe damage.
Bth AF
5 Aug Workshop & steel
Bth AF shop destroyed,
damage to stores
bldg part of
annealing furnaces.
13/14 Aug Severe roof damage
RAF to assembly &
erecting shop &
boiler smithery.
54. Vereinigte
Leichmetall
Hanover/Linden
A/C & bomb
components . 2 11 Sept
Bth AF
Damage to extruding
& press shop.
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apparatus
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•
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
2 6
23/24
RAF
July
July
Moderate damage.
Mode rat c damag e .
.
signalling
apparatus
30 Aug
Bth AF
Slight damage.
.
69 Deutsche
I'ichelin
Unknown
formerly rubber
3 26/27
RAF
Sept Slight damage.
Karlsruhe goods.
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hill
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• -
Gladbach
• R/R
85. Steinfurt cars. 3 26/27 & 2 medium bldgs
Konigsberg 29/30 Aug destroyed & gutted.
RAF
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Date of
Target Importance Attack Damage
A
VII ARMAMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING (continued)
29 May
- bldgs damaged.
Damage to main work
15th AF shop & subsidiary
bldg.
9 Aug
- alcohol refinery.
Damage to workshops,
15th AF other bldgs., 2 A/C
# -
sub-component shops,
& car shops.
20 Sept Considerable damage.
15th AF
89. Astra R/R equipment, 3 July Destruction of 40
Arad tank components & 15th AF acres of shop bldgs,
other steel
products . including machine
shop, forge, foundry
7 other bldgs.
90. Astra Brasov R/R equipment & 18 May Damage to machine &
armaments # 15th AF assembly shop & 2
unidentified bldgs „
•
93. Ansaldo
Genoa
Locomotives,
Severe damage to
coking plant, steel
foundry, heavy cast
ings, forging, &
machinery shops.
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VII. ARMAMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING (continued)
. - Roof
# 94. Vickers-Terni
Spezia
Armaments 10,13
15th AF
Apr. damage to gun
shop. Large machine
1 July
- shop & shed,
Damage to gun shops
15th AF & general stores,
destruction of 25
sheds.
101. Gnome & Rhone Foundry & stamping 9/10 May Motor cycle factory
Paris/ plant for motor RAF & foundry severely
Gennevilliers cycle and aero- damaged.
engine parts.
102. Verein-
Stahlwerke
Hamm
Engineering
products . 23
Bth AF
Large workshop
destroyed.
2/3
• 106. Masch,
Kleindienst-
Augsburg
107. Gutehoffnung
Duisburg/
Engineering.
Engineering,
25/26
RAF
Jan
RAF
Feb Severe damage*
Moderate damage.
Sterkrade
s*
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Date o:
Target Importance Attack Damage
121. Henning & Orth Valve taps & wire. Jan Moderate damage.
Berlin/Kruezberg RAF
• 122. A. Salinger
Berlin/Kruezberg
MT repair.
Jan
RAF
Feb
RAF
Moderate damage.
Severe damage.
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MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
# 1. Collet &
Englehard
Machine tools. 2 4/5
RAF
Oct'43 Slight
Frankfurt
3. I.G. Farben
Munich struments .
Cameras & in- 2 2/3
RAF
Oct *43 Slight
<
5. Askania
5.
Berlin ments .
Optical instru- 2
\
l/2Mar'43
RAF
Slight
9. Off. Borletti
9.
Milan
struments .
Precision instru-
ments .
3 July
RAF
7/8
RAF
'43
Aug 43
Moderate
Moderate
Leipzig
4. Deutsche Niles
4. Machine tools 2 Jan. -Slight damage.
# Berlin/Weissensee
Berlin/Weissensee
*
RAF
. A fSP^ ra W fa si
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
Dec 43 -Severe
Maschinen RAF
Berlin/Reinicken Jan. Slight damage
dorf RAF
• 19. J.C.Eckhardt
Stuttgart
20 * Elektronmetall
Fortuna
Measuring instru- 2
ments, AC instru
ments.
Grinding machines
gauges.
2
M/15
RAF
20/21
RAF
1/2
RAF
Apr
Feb.
Mar.
43 -Moderate
Moderate damage.
Moderate damage.
Stuttgart
23* Hommelwerke
Mannheim/
Kafertal
instruments .
Precision tools & 2 14 Aug.
Bth AF
Large main bldgs.
probably work
shops, all
seriously dama
ged.
1
25. Hartman u.Braun Precision instru- 3
Frankfurt ments . 12/13
RAF
Sept. Slight damage .
26. Fontaine & Co. Grinding wheels 3
25/26 Nov. '43-Moderate
# Frankfurt
RAF
12/13 Sept. 4 bldgs. damaged.
RAF
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27. Glidemeister
Bielefeld
Precision grinding 3
machinery, lathes,
etc.
30 Sept
Bth AF
Severe damage.
112
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MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
IX ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
# 1. Siemens
Berlin
Shuckert Motors & electrical
equipment.
1 23/24
16/17
Aug '43 Moderate
Dec '4-3 Slight
RAF
12. Vorwerk & Co. Cables & filaments 3 29/30 May 43 Moderate
Wuppertal RAF
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Wf Date at
Target Importance Hating Attack Damage
# Turin IAF
ment.
Berlin/Treptow
k /, 05268,AF 'h- JJ
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111 1111 \«
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
• 33. National
Telephone
Frankfurt
34. Telefon
Frankfurt
Telephones
Telephones
2
2
12/13
Sept
RAF
12/13
Sept
Slight damage.
Severe damage.
RAF
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of
;lectrical EQUIPMENT
C. ELECTRICAL b (continued)
#
4.0. Ganz
4.0.
Budapest
Electrical-. & other
.engineering.
27 June
15th AF
-Damage to 2
small components
mfg shops long ,
unidentified
bldg.
17 Sept -Moderate damage.
15th AF
42. Hazemayer
42. Electrical equipment 18 Mar -Moderate damage*
Heboelo artillery predictors. T.A.F.
43* Nordd,Kabel-
43* Nordd,Kabel
worke
Cables Jan
RAF
Moderate damage .
Berlin/Neukolln
44. Primus -Tract oren Electric tractors. Jan Moderate damage.
Berlin/ RAF
Lichtenberg
•
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X. METALS
- STEEL k NON-FERROUS
# 1. Bochumer Verein
Gusstahl Fabrik
Steel & armaments 1 13/14
RAF
May f 43-Moderate
1
RAF
29/30
'
Sept 43 Moderate
Werk Hontrop products. RAF
Bochum/W
5. Verein Stahlwerk Steel & steel
products.
1 9/10
RAF
'
July 43 Slight
Gelsenkirchen
• 6. Gutehoffnungs
Dusseldorf
Steel, forgoings, bombs 1
U/15
RAF
June
'
1
43
Moderate
Slight
9. Krieger Stahl-
werke
Rolled & cast steel, 2
& steel products.
11/12
RAF
June 43
' Slight
Dusseldorf
13 H.
\u26 6 Sieg Aluminum castings 2 2/3 Aug'43 Moderate
Hamburg RAF
268, AF
117
MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating
- Attack Damage
'
15. I.G.Farben Magnesium & 24 July 43 Severe
Heroya Aluminum Bth AF
16. Soc.Trefilene Aluminum goods 12/13
'
July 43 Moderate
Turin RAF
.
Ed, rolling mill
damaged
• 20. Fr.Krupp
Duisburg/
Rheinhausen
21. Mannesmann
Steelworks
(1,300,000 tons
per year) & steel
products.
1
May
RAF
21/22 May
Moderate damage.
Moderate damage.
Duisburg/ year) Tubes for A/G? RAF
Kuckingen gun barrels, etc.
24. Verein
Stahlwerke Neid. Steel (300,000 tons/ 2 21/22 May -Moderate damage.
Duisburg/Hochfeld year & rolled RAF
products.
118
Target Importance Ratine Attack Damage
•
year) forgings &
steel products.
31 May
Bth AF
13 Sept-
Bth AF
foundry, & other
bldgs.
-Damage to foundry
& press shops.
-Roof damage to
rolling mill.
26 Sept -Allmajor bldgs
Bth AF damaged.
RAF
•
Kopenick
36. Altenburgs
Bergbau
Essen
fur Zinc refining.
Also sulphuric
acid.
2 12/13
26/27
lifer t
Mar
' 43 -Slight.
Moderate damage*
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MEW Date of
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
37. Goldschmidt
37.
(continued)
39. Berzelius
39. Zinc refining; non-
non 2 21/22 May -Slight damage.
Duisburg ferrous
products .
metal #
RAF
42. Deutscher
42.
,
Copper zinc & lead
refining.
Precious metal
2
2.
21/22
RAF
22/23
May
Mar
-Moderate damage
-Moderate damage.
Gold & Silber refining RAF
Scheideanstalt 12/13 Sept -2 medium bldgs
Frankfurt RAF destroyed & 3
damaged.
*>
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120
W Date o:
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
2. J. P. Bemberg
2. Dyes & rayon. 1 29/30 May 43-Moderate.
Wuppertal RAF
3. Zellstoff
3. Cellulose. 1 23/24 Sep 43-Slight.
Fabrik RAF
«
Mannheim
6. Norddeutsche
6. Chemicals , 2 Dec 43 Slight.
Chemische Bth AF
Hamburg
•
7. Chemische
7.
Fabriken
Stettin
8. Jon. Jeserich
8.
Hamburg
Fertilizers &
chemicals
Special paints.
#
3
3
20/21
RAF
2/3
RAF
Apr 43-Destroyed
Aug 43
-
Moderate,
-
Severe,
9. I.G, Farben
9. Chemic als (als o 24 July 43
Heroya
?
magnesium &
Aluminum) . Bth AF
.0» Rjuken
.0» Chemicals & 16 Nov 43 Moderate,
fertilizers. Bth AF
RAF
11 Feb
4 workshops & styrene
Bth AF -
plant damaged.
26/27 May
22/23 May
-- Slight damage,
Minor damage.
28/29 .May Serious damage to gas
RAF
14 Aug
-
works, heavy chemical
& dyestuffs plants.
Heavy damage to
Bth^AF plastics, dyestuffs
& heavy chemical
sections, experimen
tal synthetic oil
#
plant, main storage
areas & experimental
laboratories, Liglsp sf|,
damage to^j^rogW^ *,1
methspjiai^ * '-*
oXarit*
121
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*
-- •
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Target Importance Rating Attack Damage
13 Sept
- & warehouse damaged.
Severe damage.
Bth AF
27 Sept
- Moderate damage.
Bth AF
12, I,G, Farben Chemicals. 1 19/20 Nov 43-SlighU
Leverkusen RAF
6/7 May Several bldgs
R*F damaged, including
phosgene plant.
13. E. Merck
Chemicals, includ- 1 19 July Several bldgs damaged.
Darmstadt
ing Pharmaceuticals Bth AF
& hydrogen peroxide.
•
14. Experimental
Station
Peenemunde
Chemicals -hydrogen 1
peroxide. Also
research.
18 July
Bth AF
U Aug
Bth AF
25 Aug
Electrostatic hydrogen
peroxide plant &
elliptical earthwork
- damaged.
Electrolytic hydrogen
- peroxide plant damaged.
Damage to production
Bth AF & concentration bldgs
of electrolytic plant.
Electrostatic plant
1/2 destroyed.
15. Elektro Chemicals, include 2 19 July Large .group of bldgs
chemische
ing hydrogen Bth AF including old
Munich/ peroxide. hydrogen peroxide
Hollriegels plant destroyed.
kreuth
Munich/Hollriegel inactive.
kreuth
- 122 -
Target Importance Rating Attack Damage" : -^^
» XI. CHEMICALS
20. Raschig
AM) EXPLOSIVES
Ludwigshafen
(continued
Synthetic phenols . 2 9/10
RAF
Aug 43- Slight.
- 2 large bldgs damaged.
11 Feb
Bth AF
27 May
Damage to large bldg
ath AF & storage tanks.
21« Knoll
Ludwigshafen
Pharmaceutecals . 2 27 May
Bth AF
- several bldgs damaged.
.
j>
36. Rutgerswerke
Berlin/Erkner
Tar, chemicals,
explosives . 6 Mar
Bth AF
More than half of all
bldgs destroyed;
large bldg damaged,
3 gasholders destroys
cd.
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47. Pouderie Nat'l
Toulouse
Nitro-c^llulose 1/2
RAF
May NuHfgrtf
iVi
a?
damaged
s
.
48. C. de Mines Coking ovens & ate damage.
Henin-Lietard chemical plant. sth A\yi
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