List of air raids on Hanau during World War II

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This list includes the air raids on Hanau that took place during World War II . They were carried out by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

date
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damage
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July 1, 1940 RAF Hanau Air raid: 0:06 am - 2:16 pm
August 25, 1940 RAF industrial area Air raid: 0: 37-1: 28 a.m.
28/29 September 1940 RAF Downtown Air raid: 10:57 pm - 4:30 am
8/9 October 1940 RAF Downtown Air raid: 10:56 pm–1:03 am
November 11, 1940 RAF Westbahnhof Air strike: 2: 41-3: 42 am Duds
May 10, 1941 RAF northern urban area Air raid: 0:30 am–2:35 pm
July 24, 1941 RAF Adolf-Hitler-Strasse Air strike: 0: 54-2: 37 am 1 bomb
August 6, 1941 RAF eastern urban area, Wolfgang Air raid: clock
August 23, 1941 RAF Downtown Air raid: 0:06 am–4:13 pm
29./30. August 1941 RAF Downtown Air raid: 11.44pm - 3.15pm
12./13. September 1941 RAF west of Hanau-Kesselstadt Air raid: 11: 05-4: 31 pm
24./25. October 1941 RAF Downtown Air raid: 10: 21–00: 45 pm
1./2. April 1942 RAF Central station , Freigerichtviertel Air strike: 11: 20–4: 10 am
8/9 September 1942 RAF Frankfurter Landstrasse Air strike: 11:50 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
October 4, 1943 USAAF Dunlop Air raid: 10:44 a.m. - 12:13 p.m.
November 26, 1943 RAF Hanau Air raid: 2: 04-3: 46 am
February 4, 1944 USAAF Hanau and Mittelbuchen Air raid: 11: 35–12: 56 pm
March 2, 1944 USAAF Frankfurt and Offenbach Alarm 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. no
March 18, 1944 RAF Freigerichtviertel Air raid: 9:00 p.m. - 11:15 p.m.
September 25, 1944 USAAF Hanau Air raid, alarm 10: 40-22: 22 133 deaths, property damage, especially in Hanau-Lamboy , the superstructure material warehouse there and the city center Outside the development: 476 explosive funnels.
5th / 6th October 1944 RAF Downtown Air raid: 10:01 pm–0: 17 pm
November 5, 1944 USAAF Hanau main station, Wolfgang Air raid, alarm 10: 53-13: 24 5 dead, property damage
November 10, 1944 USAAF Hanau main station, Wolfgang, Wilhelmsbad Air Raid, Alarm 12: 42-13: 05: 2250 multi-purpose bombs - more than 100 tons nine locomotives, 15 freight wagons and a locomotive shed destroyed
2nd / 3rd December 1944 Hanau, city center multiple alarms during the night no
December 3, 1944 RAF Mainhafen Hanau Air raid, alarm 8:38 am to 9.49 am
4th December 1944 USAAF Railway systems in the Hanau area Air raid, low-flying attacks not specified
December 7, 1944 RAF Hanau Air strike: 0:30 am - 1:00 am
December 7, 1944 RAF Hanau Air attack: 6:59 pm - 7:23 pm: Dropping 5 air mines the Roman Catholic Church Mariae Namen is destroyed
December 11, 1944 USAAF Hanau Central Station Alarm: 11: 09-13: 13, air raid: 11: 45-12: 07 22 dead due to poor visibility, the 4,768 bombs also spread to other parts of Hanau
December 12, 1944 USAAF Hanau main station, industrial plants, city center Alarm: from 10:58, air raid: 11:55 am to 12:15 pm 145 dead, including 18 forced laborers , residential areas, main train station, Dunlop, Heraeus , gas works , the Roman Catholic St. Josef Church, the Evangelical Christ Church and the Gustav Adolf Hospital (today: Martin Luther Stift ) badly damaged
December 17, 1944 RAF Hanau, city center Air strike: 7: 04–7: 27 pm 41 dead
January 1, 1945 RAF Hanau "Mock attack" to distract fighter planes from the air raid on Dortmund , alarm: 6:40 pm - 8:00 pm Property damage
January 2, 1945 RAF Hanau Diversion attack due to an attack on Ludwigshafen and Nuremberg : 6:42 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. no damages
January 5, 1945 USAAF Hanau, railway and industrial facilities Alarm: 12:00 pm - 2:25 pm 6 dead, hit: Central Station, Dunlop and other industrial facilities
January 6, 1945 RAF Hanau, city center and main train station Alarm: 6:30 p.m., air raid: 6:50 p.m. - 7:27 p.m. Old town of Hanau destroyed Due to the cloud cover, a significant number of the bombs did not hit downtown Hanau.
January 7, 1945 RAF Central Station Diversion attack, alarm: 19: 45-20: 45 no
February 17, 1945 USAAF Railway systems Attack: 11: 50-12: 15 1 dead, property damage 2 Allied bombers crashed in the city area.
March 16, 1945 RAF Hanau Distraction attack, alarm 20: 15-22: 30, attack: 21: 20-21: 45 Property damage
March 19, 1945 RAF Hanau Area bombing; Attack 4:24 am – 4:40 am, 279 aircraft: 1200 tons, including 248 heavy air mines and 360,000 stick bombs (642 tons) 2000 dead, total destruction of the inner city

literature

  • Hans – Günter Stahl: The aerial warfare over the Hanau area 1939–1945 = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 48. Hanau 2015. ISBN 978–3–935395–22–1

Remarks

  1. ↑ The sirens failed due to the power failure caused by the attack. The all-clear could therefore no longer be given. From then on, this was done by the police, who used hand sirens. In the future, an air alarm was given by three flak shots at an interval of about 10 seconds. (Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 236)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 392.
  2. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 114.
  3. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 173.
  4. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , pp. 201, 392.
  5. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , pp. 216, 392.
  6. ↑ a b c Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 220.
  7. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , pp. 222, 392.
  8. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 228ff.
  9. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 235f.
  10. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 262.
  11. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 270.
  12. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 271f.
  13. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 272.
  14. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 305.
  15. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , pp. 314–319.
  16. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 322.
  17. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 329.
  18. ↑ Stahl: Der Luftkrieg , p. 339.