What the records say
- When
- 1943
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 54.13° N, 13.82° E
- Description
- 1943 Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II
Operation Hydra (1943)
Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II
Operation Hydra was an attack by RAF Bomber Command on a German scientific research centre at Peenemünde on the night of 17/18 August 1943. Group Captain John Searby, commanding officer of No. 83 Squadron RAF, commanded the operation, the first time that Bomber Command used a master bomber to direct the attack of the main force.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Hydra: The British Royal Air Force sets out to bomb the Peenemünde Army Research Center, to disrupt the German V-weapons programme”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Nacht zum 18. August bombardiert die Royal Air Force die Deutsche Raketen-Versuchsanstalt in Peenemünde (Operation Hydra)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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