bombing of Peenemünde

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The bombing of Peenemünde was a major World War II Royal Air Force raid targeting Germany’s V-weapon research and development site on the Baltic coast.

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instanceOf World War II air raid
aerial bombing
military operation
aircraftUsed Avro Lancaster bombers
linked to: Avro Lancaster

Handley Page Halifax bombers
Short Stirling bombers
linked to: Short Stirling

de Havilland Mosquito pathfinders
alsoKnownAs Operation Hydra
belligerent Nazi Germany
United Kingdom
casualties hundreds of German personnel and forced laborers killed
category Airstrikes during World War II
Military operations involving the United Kingdom
Strategic bombing during World War II
codename Operation Hydra
commander Arthur Harris
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
coordinatedBy Royal Air Force Bomber Command
country Nazi Germany
date 1943-08-17
endDate 1943-08-18
followedBy Allied attacks on V-weapon launch sites in France
German V-weapon attacks on London
forceSize over 500 RAF bombers
intelligenceSource Allied photo-reconnaissance
Polish intelligence reports
resistance information from occupied Europe
location Baltic Sea coast
Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany
linked to: Peenemünde
notableFor being first major raid on German V-weapon research
impact on timing of V-2 operational deployment
use of pathfinder marking techniques
objective to delay deployment of V-2 rockets
to disrupt German V-weapon program
to kill key German scientists and technicians
operator Royal Air Force
partOf Allied strategic bombing campaign
World War II
precededBy intelligence reports on German rocket program
result Allied victory
German relocation of V-weapon production underground
disruption of V-2 development
significant damage to Peenemünde facilities
startDate 1943-08-17
target Peenemünde Army Research Center
V-1 flying bomb facilities
V-2 rocket development facilities
research and development site for V-weapons
theater European theatre of World War II
timePeriod night of 17–18 August 1943

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Operation Hydra isPartOf bombing of Peenemünde
Operation Hydra alsoKnownAs Peenemünde raid
linked to: bombing of Peenemünde
Mittelwerk underground factory relatedEvent Allied bombing of Peenemünde
linked to: bombing of Peenemünde