Some kind of double decapitation strike took place in Konigsberg at the end of August 1944.
As consequence of this strike Konigsberg lost it's face, lost some of the unique masterpieces of arts and culture stored in the capital city of East Prussia.
The Archive Recovery Unit (ARU) of the South Thuringian Jonas Valley Society for Amber Room Research (STJGFB) discovered the Bomber Command Interpretation Report of the air strike.
Photo : Bomber Command Interpretation Report
The cold interpretation of the results of the air strike reads as follow
"Koenigsberg,
the administrative center of that province of Germany which has been the
malignant breeding ground of the arrogant military caste, a town which has
stood unchanged for 600 years has, to the benefit of mankind, been wiped out
over-night"
Photo : Konigsberg September 2, 1944
Air
Ministery, Bomber Command Interpretation Reports, AIR 14/3773
Reference :
AIR 14/3773
Description: Interpretation reports: Konigsberg
Date: 1944
Aug.- Sept.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
The photo above is not from Sept. 2, 1944. It must have been taken the day after the first air raid (Aug. 26/27), because the entire city centre with the Castle is still intact. Most damages from that raid were in the northern and northeastern parts of the city (Tragheim, Rossgarten, Maraunenhof).
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