What the records say
- When
- 31 Oct 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 56.17° N, 10.20° E
- Description
- air raid on Gestapo Aarhus 1944
Aarhus air raid
Air raid on Gestapo Aarhus 1944
The Aarhus air raid took place on 31 October 1944, when 25 Mosquitoes from 140 Wing Royal Air Force (RAF) of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, bombed the Gestapo headquarters at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. After the Second World War, the RAF called the mission the most successful of its kind during the war.
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