Aarhus air raid
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The Aarhus air raid took place on 31 October 1944, when 25 Mosquitoes from 140 Wing Royal Air Force of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, bombed the Gestapo headquarters at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Damaged barracks near Aarhus University residence halls, bombed on 31 October 1944
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945.
Operation Jericho
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Operation Jericho took place on 18 February 1944 during the Second World War. Allied aircraft bombed Amiens Prison in German-occupied France at very low altitude to blow holes in the prison walls, kil
Aarhus air raid
…Operation Carthage, a similar attack on Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark Operation Jericho, a similar attack on Amiens Prison in France Oslo Mosquito Raid (1942), a similar attack on Gestapo headquarters in Oslo, Norway…
Dust and smoke from Amiens prison during the raid
German troops moving a V-1 flying bomb
Four 500-lb MC bombs being loaded into a Mosquito FB.VI of 464 Squadron, RAF Hunsdon
487 Squadron Mosquitos over Amiens Prison as their bombs explode, showing the snow-covered buildings and landscape.