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I see some fans where apparently doing the 10 German bombers last night- I see they didn't do any research on Leipzig. It was a target of a few raids during the war. I'll highlight December 3-4 1943. 527 aircraft took off for this raid. 307 Lancaster 220 Halifaxs 1/ #leipzig43
Lancaster flew at 23000 feet Halifaxs 17000 feet. Route was towards Berlin with a faint heading towards the capital in an attempt to tie up enemy aircraft, which appeared to be successful. The raid of #Leipzig was deemed the most successful of #Leipzig of the war. #Leipzig43
This was due to the Pathfinders who found & marked the target area successfully. 30% of #Leipzig lay in ruins. Main railway station & both gas works were severally damaged. Also hit was the 1936 world fair site which had been converted to mainly assemble Junkers 3/ #Leipzig43
