Wiesbaden
2 February 1945 — Wiesbaden
- Date
- 2 February 1945
- Target
- Wiesbaden, Germany
Narrative
The spa city of Wiesbaden, largely spared earlier in the war, was the object of a major Bomber Command area attack on the night of 2/3 February 1945. The raid destroyed much of the historic centre as the Command pressed its campaign against the cities of western Germany in support of the closing land offensive.
Sortie details (which aircraft from which squadron, which crew flew, the outcome) will populate this page once the TNA AIR 27 squadron-diary importer arrives.
The fallen
127 airmen in this archive died on 2 February 1945 or the day that followed. For a raid of this kind these are overwhelmingly the night's losses, though a death-date match is not by itself proof an individual flew this operation.
- Flying Officer Sidney George Arlotte (24)
- Flying Officer Oswald Walter Armstrong (22)
- Flight Lieutenant William Reginald Arnold (23)
- Wing Commander William Geoffrey Bannister (33)
- Flight Sergeant Allen Bernard Barrett (32)
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Jack Bean (20)
- Flight Sergeant Lawrence Herbert Beaumont
- Flying Officer Henry James Bennett (29)
- Flight Lieutenant Douglas Elliott Berry
- Flight Sergeant Norman Brian Bird (20)
- Flying Officer Stanley Buckland Stewart Bishop (28)
- Flight Lieutenant Norman Philip Blain (22)
- Flying Officer Harry Bloch (33)
- Pilot Officer Edward Anthony Bogan (21)
- Pilot Officer Allan George Bradley (19)
- Flying Officer Warren Argo Brodie
- Warrant Officer Alexander Brown (25)
- Flying Officer Gordon Scott Brown (25)
- Flight Lieutenant Lyle Ewart Button (21)
- Corporal Bindon John Carr (35)
- Pilot Officer John Hamilton Carter (29)
- Flight Sergeant Phillip John Carter (19)
- Pilot Officer Joseph Alexander Chisamore (20)
- Flight Lieutenant Noel Sidney Caesar Colley (25)
See all 127 who died on 2 February →
Source: Wikipedia — Wiesbaden →