Berlin

Raid target — Germany

77 raids in this database struck Berlin — 13,958 aircraft sorties dispatched in total, of which 646 failed to return.

DateOperationCommandDispatchedLost
25 Aug 1940 Berlin raid Bomber Command 95 None
16 Jan 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 201 0
17 Jan 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 189 None
1 Mar 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 302 17
27 Mar 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 396 9
29 Mar 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 329 12
20 May 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 23 0
13 Jun 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 44 None
23 Aug 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 727 56
24 Aug 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 66 None
25 Aug 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 42 None
3 Sep 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 399 23
17 Sep 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 14 0
20 Sep 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 28 0
17 Oct 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 62 None
20 Oct 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 42 2
11 Nov 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 45 1
18 Nov 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 444 9
22 Nov 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 764 26
23 Nov 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 381 21
26 Nov 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 450 21
2 Dec 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 458 40
16 Dec 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 498 25
23 Dec 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 379 16
29 Dec 1943 Berlin raid Bomber Command 712 20
1 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 421 28
2 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 383 27
10 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 20 0
20 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 769 35
27 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 530 33
28 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 677 46
30 Jan 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 534 33
1 Feb 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 13 1
5 Feb 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 48 1
10 Feb 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 21 None
19 Feb 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 79 59
1 Mar 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 68 None
3 Mar 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 45 0
19 Mar 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 40 None
22 Mar 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 34 0
24 Mar 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 811 72
13 Apr 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 45 0
15 Aug 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 39 None
10 Sep 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 73 None
11 Sep 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 95 1
13 Sep 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 79 2
18 Sep 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 104 0
27 Oct 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 60 None
1 Nov 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 25 None
15 Nov 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 67 1
24 Nov 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 58 None
6 Dec 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 23 2
9 Dec 1944 Berlin raid Bomber Command 88 None
2 Jan 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command None None
6 Jan 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command None None
27 Jan 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 12 None
1 Feb 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 10 None
5 Feb 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 64 1
8 Feb 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 17 None
22 Feb 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 19 None
26 Feb 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 18 1
4 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 16 None
9 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 120 None
10 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 70 None
11 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 116 None
12 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 100 None
19 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 34 0
24 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 100 None
26 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 86 None
27 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 117 4
29 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 48 None
30 Mar 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 81 None
3 Apr 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 122 1
12 Apr 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 110 None
15 Apr 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 126 None
19 Apr 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 119 None
20 Apr 1945 Berlin raid Bomber Command 114 None

Photographs

The crew of an Avro Lancaster of No. 57 Squadron RAF eat their bacon and eggs at Scampton, Lincolnshire, after returning from a raid, February 1943. Sergeant J B Mallett, Sergeant H H Turkentine and Sergeant R H P Roberts, flight engineer, bomb aimer and rear gunner, respectively, of an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 57 Squadron RAF, eat breakfast in the Sergeants’ Mess at Scampton, Lincolnshire, following their return from a night raid. All three were killed with the rest of the crew of Lancaster R5894 ’ DX-T’ (“T for Tommy”) when it collided with high tension cables near Scampton upon returning from a raid on Berlin in the early morning of 2 March 1943.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. View of ruined buildings in Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, taken from the second floor of the Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium).

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The interior of a large bomb-damaged machine shop at the AEG electrical engineering works in Berlin. All the plant in this workshop, in which dynamo generators were made, has been removed by the Soviet authorities.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of an Avro Lancaster of No. 5 Group recount their experiences of the last major RAF raid mounted on Berlin, (on the night of 24/25 March 1944), to an Intelligence Officer on their return to their station. Air Commodore S L G Pope, the Base Commander, listens to their reports standing to the rear.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. The crew of a Vickers Wellington of No. 99 Squadron RAF get into their Irvin two-piece flying suits in the crew room at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, before taking off for a night raid to Berlin.

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Interrogation of Air Crews After Their Return From Berlin

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Halifax Crews Who Bombed Berlin; Sergeant Aircrews Enjoy a Hearty Breakfast

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Siemens factory at Siemensstadt, Berlin, badly damaged as a result of raids by aircraft of Bomber Command.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Aerial vertical taken over the Moabit district of Berlin during a raid by 33 De Havilland Mosquitos of the Late Night Striking Force. The track of a falling target indicator (TI) can be seen on the right, illuminating the River Spree,and the Charlottenburger Chaussee, running from top right through the Tiergarten to the Brandenbruger Tor and Unter den Linden. The other light sources are German searchlights.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken over the Marienfelde district of Berlin, during the first major night raid on the city by aircraft of Bomber Command since November 1941. The oval stadium at middle right is the Trabrennbahn on the Berliner Chaussee.

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A vertical aerial photograph taken during a raid on Berlin on the night of 2/3 September 1941. The broad wavy lines are the tracks of German searchlights and anti-aircraft fire. Vertical night aerial photograph taken during a raid on Berlin, showing bombs exploding in the vicinity of the central cattle-market and railway yard (middle right), east of the city centre. The broad wavy lines are the tracks of German searchlights and anti-aircraft fire can also be seen. Also illuminated by the flash-bomb in the lower half of the photograph are the Friedrichshain gardens and sports stadium, St Georgs Kirchhof and Balten Platz. A mixed force of 49 aircraft took part in the raid, of which 5 were lost.

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AWM caption : YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1944-01-20. HALIFAX AIRCRAFT BELONGING TO NO. 466 SQUADRON RAAF AT RAF STATION LECONFIELD, BEING REFUELLED PREPARATORY TO SETTING OFF FOR A RAID ON BERLIN.

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The crew of a Short Stirling bomber of No. 622 Squadron RAF being debriefed by the intelligence officer at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berlin of 22/23 November 1943. The crew of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 622 Squadron RAF report their experiences to an intelligence officer at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berlin of 22/23 November 1943. 764 aircraft took part in the attack, of which 50 were Stirlings, it being the last time they were sent to Germany. Those shown are (left to right): Flight Lieutenant R D Mackay (navigator), Flying Officer G Dunbar (interrogating officer), Sergeant J Towns (rear gunner, partly hidden by Dunbar), Pilot Officer K Pollard (wireless operator), Flight Sergeant C Stevenson (second pilot, standing), Squadron Leader J Martin (captain and flight commander), Sergeant W Rigby (mid-upper gunner), Flying Officer Grainger (bomb aimer) and Sergeant H Fletching (flight engineer).

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An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 49 Squadron RAF is guided to its dispersal point at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, after returning from a raid on Berlin, 22 November 1943. A member of the ground crew, illuminated by a lamp shining from the bomb-aimer’s position, guides Avro Lancaster B Mark III, JB362 ‘EA-D’, (“D for Donald”) of No. 49 Squadron RAF to its dispersal point at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, after returning from the greatest and most destructive raid mounted on Berlin to date (22/23 November 1943); the main weight of the raid falling in the centre and south of the city with extensive damage both to housing and to industrial premises. Warrant Officer H Blunt and his crew arrived safely back at their dispersal a few minutes before midnight on 22 November, but were shot down and killed in “D for Donald” when returning from their next visit to Berlin, Germany on 27 November 1943.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. LAC E Turner paints the 65th ‘raid completed’ symbol onto the nose of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED731 ‘AS-T2’ “Dante’s Daughter”, of No. 166 Squadron RAF at Kirmington, Lincolnshire, following the aircraft’s return from a raid on Berlin on the night of 15/16 February 1944. ED731 started its operational service with No. 103 Squadron RAF in March 1943, being transferred to 166 Squadron in September of that year. It completed more than 70 Sorties before being lost on the last major Bomber Command raid on Berlin on 24/25 March 1944. The artwork acknowledges a DFC awarded to the pilot and three ice creams among the bomb symbols, indicating raids on Italian targets.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers prepare to load 500-lb MC bombs into De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IV, DZ483 ‘GB-R’, of No. 105 Squadron RAF at Marham, Norfolk, in preparation for a night raid on Berlin, Germany by aircraft of No. 2 Group. Two weeks later, DZ483 crashed at Marham while attempting to land on one engine, on returning from the low-level raid on Jena. Its crew, Flying Officer A J Rae and Flying Officer K S Bush, were both killed.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5729 ‘KM-A’, of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force runs up its engines in a dispersal at Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire, before setting out on a night raid to Berlin. This veteran aircraft had taken part in more than 70 operations with the Squadron since joining it in 1942. It was finally shot down with the loss of its entire crew during a raid on Brunswick on the night of 14-15 January 1944.

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Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Flying Officer A Whickham (left), a Mosquito pilot, and his navigator, Pilot Officer W Makin, pose for an official portrait in the imposing setting of the Air Council Room at the Air Ministry in Whitehall on 31 January 1943, the day after their participation on the first daylight raid on Berlin. Six Mosquitos from Nos 105 and 139 Squadrons bombed the German capital in two attacks, timed to disrupt broadcast speeches by Goebbels and Goring at rallies marking the tenth anniversary of Hitler’s ascession to power.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The rear section of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, DV305 ‘BQ-O’, No. 550 Squadron RAF based at North Killingholme, Lincolnshire, seen at Woodbridge Emergency Landing Ground, Suffolk, after the severely-damaged aircraft crash-landed there following an attack by a German night fighter over Berlin on the night of 30/31 January 1944. In the course of the attack both the rear gunner and the mid-upper gunner were killed, and the bomb-aimer baled out having misunderstood orders. The pilot, Flying Officer G A Morrison, managed to bring the crippled aircraft back without any navigation aids.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, DV397 ‘QR-W’, of No. 61 Squadron RAF taxying past the windsock at Coningsby, Lincolnshire. DV398 was lost during a raid on Berlin, Germany on 24/25 March 1944.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Short Stirling Mark III of No. 90 Squadron RAF are interrogated by an intelligence officer on their return to West Wickham/Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, after the costly night raid on Berlin , Germany of 23/24 August 1943.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IVs of No. 105 Squadron RAF taxy to the main runway at Marham, Norfolk, for a night raid on Berlin, Germany.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer R G Hayes (left) and Flight Lieutenant J Gordon, navigator and pilot respectively of a De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IV of No. 105 Squadron RAF, listen intently during the briefing for a night raid on Berlin, Germany in the Operations Room at Marham, Norfolk. Both men were killed on 5 November 1943 when their Mosquito, DZ587 ‘GB-B’, crashed at Hempnall, Norfolk, while returning from an evening raid on Bochum.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 90 Squadron RAF relax by their aircraft on a hard standing north of the main runway at West Wickham/Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, while other Stirlings of the Squadron are prepared for the night’s operation, a raid on Berlin, Germany.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF intelligence officer, Section Officer P Duncalfe, questions the pilot, Warrant Officer H Blunt (to her left), and crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, JB362 ‘EA-D’, (“D for Donald”) of No. 49 Squadron RAF, on their return to Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, from a bombing raid on Berlin, Germany. On their next sortie to Berlin five days later, Blunt and his crew were shot down in “D for Donald” and killed.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Crews of No. 77 Squadron RAF about to be driven to the dispersals at Elvington, Yorkshire, for the Squadron’s fourth raid on Berlin, Germany. Note the two WAAF drivers by the tailboard of the lorry.

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AWM caption : United Kingdom: England, Leicestershire, Bottesford. Lancaster aircraft ED 541 “A” of 467 Squadron RAAF. When a new crew took over this aircraft they refused to fly the aircraft until the mascot was painted out. This was not done. However, after return from the first raid the paint had completely peeled off. The crew subsequently accepted the aircraft in its original state complete with mascot. The aircraft successfully completed 43 operational trips totalling 385 hours but was lost on its 44th trip over Berlin on the night of 3-4 September 1943.

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Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Lancaster I R5729/KM-A of No 44 Squadron at Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire, before setting out for Berlin on 2 January 1944.

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LAC E Turner paints the 65th ‘raid completed’ symbol onto the nose of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED731 ‘AS-T2’ “Dante’s Daughter”, of No. 166 Squadron RAF at Kirmington, Lincolnshire, following the aircraft’s return from a raid on Berlin on the night of 15/16 February 1944. ED731 started its operational service with No. 103 Squadron RAF in March 1943, being transferred to 166 Squadron in September of that year. It completed more than 70 Sorties before being lost on the last major Bomber Command raid on Berlin on 24/25 March 1944. The artwork acknowledges a DFC awarded to the pilot and three ice creams among the bomb symbols, indicating raids on Italian targets.

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1941-1945. Crew members of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 622 Squadron RAF face their intelligence debrief at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berlin of 22/23 November 1943. 764 aircraft took part in the attack, of which 50 were Stirlings, it being the last time they were sent to Germany. Seated left to right are: Pilot Office R J Brown (captain), Sergeant W Brodie (flight engineer), Sergeant F Forde (wireless operator/air gunner), Flight Sergeant P Harwood (bomb aimer) and Sergeant F E Tidmas (navigator). With the exception of Harwood, all were to perish over Berlin on the night of 30/31 January 1944 in an Avro Lancaster of the Squadron.

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Jiří Fína - Wellington KX-P after return Berlin 8.11.1941

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AWM caption : YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1944-01-20. OFFICERS AND AIRMEN AT A HALIFAX NO. 466 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION LECONFIELD, WAVING EACH AIRCRAFT OFF AS IT SETS OUT FOR BERLIN. Comment : This is obviously in daylight : missions to Berlin in winter would have taken off in darkness.

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