The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Twisted wreckage and the shells of damaged or burned out buildings are all that is left of the main works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg, target of Allied air attack. 520 "heavies" of RAF Bomber Command attacked this target on 1944-01-21/22, and dropped over 2,000 tons of bombs. Magdeburg was also attacked on several occasions by Mosquito aircraft of RAF Bomber Command. Another heavy attack came on 1945-01-16/17, when over 300 aircraft dropped more than 1,000 tons. RAAF bomber squadrons took part in these raids. An interior view of the machine shop in the Crusonwerk A. G. works where telescopes and torpedoes were made. The Crusonwerk A. G. was one of the Krupp's works and employed over 35,000 people.
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Debris and rubble in the ruins of damaged buildings at the machine shop of the Crusonwerk A. G. works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg where telescopes and to
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Interior of one of the machine shops where tanks were assembled at the Krupp Crusonwerk A. G. works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg which was the target of a
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Wrecked cranes at the entrance to the anti-aircraft gun assembly shop at the Krupp Crusonwerk A. G. works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg which was the targe
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Wreckage, rubble and debris piled around a crater in the shop where anti-aircraft guns were made at the Krupp Crusonwerk A. G. works in the German industrial town of Ma
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Part of the shop where anti-aircraft guns were made at the Krupp Crusonwerk A. G. works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg which was the target of air attacks b
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. This mass of rubble and wreckage was the shop where anti-aircraft guns were made. Twenty bombs scored direct hits on the shop and destroyed the building. It was part of
