Anklam bombed by the Luftwaffe on 29 April 1945

[Marcel van Heijkop]

The area around Anklam was bombed by I./KG66 in the evening of 29 April 1945 (around 21:30 hrs). Targets were vehicle and tank concentrations, (pontoon) bridges, and a railway bridge. Bombs used consisted of AB500 containers filled with SD1s, SD70s, SD250s, SD500s and some SC250s.

Looks like these attacks were specifically aimed at tactical ground targets rather than a historic inner city.

HTH,

Marcel

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hello Marcel,

Originally Posted by Marcel van Heijkop

The area around Anklam was bombed by I./KG66 in the evening of 29 April 1945 (around 21:30 hrs). Targets were vehicle and tank concentrations, (pontoon) bridges, and a railway bridge.

According to the report of 2nd Shock Army, at 21:00 MSK = 20:00 DSZ 10 Ju88 bombed and strafed the river crossings and roads near Anklam. Looks like I./KG66 raid though there is a time difference.

What is the source of info about I./KG66 raid?

Best regards,
Andrey

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Andrey Kuznetsov

Hello Marcel,



According to the report of 2nd Shock Army, at 21:00 MSK = 20:00 DSZ 10 Ju88 bombed and strafed the river crossings and roads near Anklam. Looks like I./KG66 raid though there is a time difference.

What is the source of info about I./KG66 raid?

Best regards,
Andrey

Hi Andrey,

My sources are the Flugbuch (FB) entries of 9 different Besatzungen (crews) involved in these attacks. (NB If the Russian report mentions 10 Ju 88s, 9 FB entries of such a small unit 75 years later isn't such a bad score )

Looks like the difference in time is entirely my mistake: I was in a hurry and gave a rough average of the landing times, not the actual time over target...When looking at the FB data, one entry actually states "Um 21:03 Uhr Bomben lagen im Ziel. Strassenausgang südöstlich Anklam".

NB: The I./KG66 aircraft involved took off from 2 different airfields (Tutow and Barth). When looking at the take off and landing times, the earliest take off was at 20:32 hrs and the last landing (at Schleswig-Land) occurred at 22:13. So the brunt of the attack taking place at around 21:00 hrs would be a reasonable assumption.

HTH,

Marcel

PS MSK = Moscow Standard Time, but what's DSZ? German Summer Time?

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hi Marcel,

Originally Posted by Marcel van Heijkop

My sources are the Flugbuch (FB) entries of 9 different Besatzungen (crews) involved in these attacks. (NB If the Russian report mentions 10 Ju 88s, 9 FB entries of such a small unit 75 years later isn't such a bad score )

Absolutely amazing!

Originally Posted by Marcel van Heijkop

"Um 21:03 Uhr Bomben lagen im Ziel. Strassenausgang südöstlich Anklam".

Interesting. Maybe Soviet units used a local time. Should be checked.

Originally Posted by Marcel van Heijkop

MSK = Moscow Standart Time, but what's DSZ? German Summer Time?

Yes

Best regards,
Andrey