Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II

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File:Frankfurt Am Main-Altstadt-Zerstoerung-Luftbild 1944.jpg
Bomb damage near the cathedral included 2 bridges (May 1945).

Bombing of Frankfurt am Main by the Allies of World War II killed about 5,500 residents and destroyed the largest[specify] medieval city centre in Germany (the Eighth Air Force dropped 12,197 tons of explosives on the city).

In the 1939-45 period the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropped 15,696 long tons of bombs on Frankfurt.[1]

Post-war reconstruction generally used modern architecture, and a few landmark buildings were rebuilt in a simple historical style. The 1st building rebuilt was the 1789 Paulskirche (English: St. Paul's Church).

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1944-03-28

Chronology
Date Event
1942-12 RAF roundel.svg Frankfurt was unsuccessfully bombed when bad weather prevented crews from hearing Sqn Ldr S. P. Daniels' on the standard-frequency radio equipment in the 1st Master Bomber mission (proposed by Air-Vice Marshal Don Bennett on 22 December 1942—preceding the Operation Chastise MB by 6 months.)[citation needed]
1944-01-29 Eighth Air Force - Emblem (World War II).png Mission 24 daylight bombing of Frankfurt[2] killed Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden.
1944-02-04 Eighth Air Force - Emblem (World War II).png The 303 BG bombed the Frankfurt city area using PFF.[3]
1944-02-11 Eighth Air Force - Emblem (World War II).png The 303 BG attacked Frankfurt [1]
1944-03-02 Eighth Air Force - Emblem (World War II).png The 303 BG targeted Frankfurt's V.K.F. (Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken) ball bearing plant, followed by the Berlin Erkner ball bearing works on 03-03 and 03-08.[3]
1944-03-22 RAF roundel.svg A night raid destroyed the old part of Frankfurt and killed over 1000 inhabitants, and the east port suffered major damage.
1944-12-22/23
1945-01-08/09		 RAF roundel.svg De Havilland Mosquitos raided Frankfurt during the Battle of Berlin (air).
[when?] The Municipal Library was hit during an air raid, destroying its Cairo Genizah document collection and lists of the collection.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%201571.html
  2. ↑ Mission 24: Frankfurt, Germany, January 29, 1944, "Forts Blast Frankfurt; Kassel Hit" - retrieved 9-5-2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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