KM Recognition document Kiel Allied Air raid U-Boot docks 1941

Anerkennung or Recognition document to an Kriegsmarine Sanitats Maat for his help clearing Military buildings of the Staff during an Allied Air Raid on 9 April 1941.

This was part of a 2 nights attack on Kiel (7/8 and 8/9 April 1941) with the target being the Submarine factories and harbor.

KIEL

160 aircrafft - 74 Wellingtons, 44 Whitleys, 29 Hampdens, 12 Manchesters 1 Stirling.

4 aircraft - 2 Wellingtons, 1 Hampden, 1 Manchester - lost and 9 further aircraft crashed in England.

The bomber crews claimed another successful raid. From the Kiel reports, it seems that this attack fell more in the town than in the dock areas. A long list of buildings damaged includes a bank, a museum, an engineering college and the gasworks. gas and electricity were cut off and in some areas the water supply also failed, causing great difficulty. 125 people were killed and 300 injured. this casualty list is believed to be the heaviest of the war so far in a German town. 8,000 civiliansand 300 naval personnel were bombed out and large numbers of civilians decided to leave the city by any means possible, including on foot. These towo raids on Keil in consecutive nights were probaly the most successful of the war on any target till then.

He was part of Flugmeldeabteilung Westliche Ostsee based in the area of Kiel.

The documents are nicely double sided attached to an carton.

Used condition

code: D26119