Strana 14
HISTORY
The three photographs on the left side and the photograph above show the damage to the Shell refinery in Budapest Csepel after the RAF and USAAF bombing raids in the
summer of 1944.
The crew of one Wellington had to drop their
bombs in an emergency.
A total of 73 Wellingtons, 20 Liberators
and two Halifaxes flew over the target,
dropping 182.6 tons of bombs of various types,
including several 4,000 pound (1,716 kg) bombs.
The bombing took place from 23:35 on June
25 until 00:10 June 26. The bomber crews
reported the scattered impacts of individual
bombs around the target in the areas of Csepel,
Budafok, Újpest, Pestszenterzsébet, Ráckeve,
Dunaharaszti. Numerous explosions and fires
were observed, but the refinery experienced
only minimal damage. Three Halifaxes
illuminated the target by dropping marker
INFO Eduard14
October 2024