Operation Hydra (1943)
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 , CO of 83 Squadron, commanded the operation, the first time that Bomber Command used a master bomber to direct the attack of the main force. Hydra began Operation Crossbow, a campaign against the German V-weapon programme. The British lost 215 aircrew, 40 bombers and killed several hundred enslaved workers in the nearby Trassenheide labour camp. The Luftwaffe lost twelve night-fighters and about 170 German civilians were killed, including two V-2 rocket scientists. Prototype V-2 rocket launches were delayed for about two months, testing and production was dispersed and the morale of the German survivors was severely affected.
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Operation Hydra (1943)
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 , CO of 83 Squadron, commanded the operation, the first time that Bomber Command used a master bomber to direct the attack of the main force. Hydra began Operation Crossbow, a campaign against the German V-weapon programme. The British lost 215 aircrew, 40 bombers and killed several hundred enslaved workers in the nearby Trassenheide labour camp. The Luftwaffe lost twelve night-fighters and about 170 German civilians were killed, including two V-2 rocket scientists. Prototype V-2 rocket launches were delayed for about two months, testing and production was dispersed and the morale of the German survivors was severely affected.
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Operation Hydra was an attack ...... rvivors was severely affected.
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290: 245 killed, 45 POW
Hydra: 23 Lancasters, 15 Halifaxes, 2 Stirlings
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1943-08-18
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British victory
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324Avro Lancaster, 218Handley Page Halifax, 54Short Stirling
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Hydra: 35 night fighters inc. 2Bf 109Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Hydra: 596 aircraft dispatched, 560 bombed
Intruders: 28 Mosquitos, 10Beaufighters
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bombs (dropped), 85 per centHE
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British plan for the Peenemünde raid
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Germans, 500–732 slave workers
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Hydra: 23 Lancasters, 15 Halifaxes, 2 Stirlings
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Hydra: 35 night fighters inc. 2 Bf 109 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
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Hydra: 596 aircraft dispatched, 560 bombed
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Intruders: 28 Mosquitos, 10 Beaufighters
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bombs , 85 per cent HE
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