Bombing of Langensalza and the Air War over Thuringia on 24 March 1944

Author: Harald Rockstuhl. 14.8 x 21 cm, 172 pages with 110 illustrations. Content Overview: Victims of the air raid Introduction Air war on March 24 and 25, 1944, over Germany and England Timeline Overview Victims of the air raid concerning buildings Ritterhof, Ritterhaus, Wilhelmplatz 1 Treischmühle - Lange Strasse 81 (with No. 80) Lange Strasse 80 - House of the Oskar Jahn family Lange Strasse 78/79 - Family and company Hellthaler Lange Strasse 74-78 Residents of Lange Strasse 73-82 and Wilhelmplatz 1-3 in 1935 Bombs on Langensalza Flight path of the bomber Bomb drop and bomb remnants from Wilhelm Grempler The destruction of the bombs in Langensalza Victims and damages from the bombing in 1944 over Langensalza by Hans-Peter Ernst Eyewitness accounts from March 24 and 25, 1944 Waltraud Laeschke Factory owner Hugo Gräser Horst Gundlach Manfred Lippert Otto Anton Margarete Seipel Lore Hühn Gerhard and Ursula Winzer Hella Hilpert Eduard Thomas - War Chronicle Kurt Ehegötz Helmut Deubner Hannelore Jagdt Christa Becker née Dietershagen Fighter pilot First Lieutenant Heinz Rökker Druggist Kurt Reichmann Herbert Anders Ursula Veller Edith Siebert Newspaper reports March 1944 Memorial service The damage Map: Air war and crashes in Thuringia on March 24, 1944 Which aircraft dropped the bombs on Langensalza? Flight of the Halifax III LV903 EY-H - March 24, 1944, 11:10 PM Nägelstedt - Lancaster ED317 - March 24, 1944, 11:30 PM Grossvargula - Halifax MZ512 - March 24, 1944, 11:40 PM Kindelbrück - Lancaster ND710 - March 24, 1944, 11:20 PM Gossel - Lancaster DS678 - March 24, 1944, 11:06 PM Harzgerode and Mägdesprung Lancaster as well as Ederbringhausen (near Kassel) Alterstedt March 24, 1944 Shootdown of a Ju 88 R-2 - March 24, 1944, 11:32 PM Airfield Erfurt-Bindersleben and shootdown of a He 219 near Erfurt Bomb drops in Langensalza and Weimar The Langensalza bomb site after 1945 The Langensalza bomb site 2020.