9-15 March 1945

Overview

Raids were made to targets in the Ruhr valley as well as benzol plants near Hannover – there were no Wickenby casualties. The attacks on Essen and Dortmund were the largest of the war, with about 1100 bombers each time dropping nearly 10,000 tons of bombs on the combined targets. Both cities were captured not long afterwards by American forces.

Extract from Station Diary