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  • Tags: bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943)

Elisabeth Sch's account of the events at Jägerstraße 9 and 5.

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Erich Thom and Karl B's account of the events at Mombachstraße 10/12 (abattoir)/Leipziger Straße 79.

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Grete G's account of the events at Große Rosenstraße 9.

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Ernst Exner's account of the events at Kastenalsgasse 5.

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Robert Anderson describes his training in Tasmania and Canada, and his tour of operations to targets in France and Germany with 106 Squadron.

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Jim Penny joined the Air Force in July 1940 when he was eighteen. He recounts the training which he undertook before he became a Bomber Command Pathfinder pilot for 97 Squadron at RAF Bourn. He explains the crewing up process and details those who…

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Andreas N's account of the events at the City Cleaning Department, Franzgraben 85.

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Wilhelm Carl's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 32.

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Otto Kappel's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 24, Fisch-gasse.

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Gottlieb Sunkel and August Lehnebach's account of the events at the Civic Centre.

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Ludwig Heinemann and Karl M's account of the events at Frankfurter Straße 26/28 (City Tax Offices, public air raid shelter), Hartwigstraße, Wolfsschlucht 22.

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Harry Winter grew up in Cardiff and worked in a paper mill from the age of 14. He served in the Home Guard before he volunteered for the Air Force. After training as a wireless operator at RAF Yatesbury he flew operations over Germany, France, and…

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Minna G and Albrecht von E's account of the events at Salztorstraße, cemeteries in Kassel in the week following the bombing.

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Clara H's account of the events at Moltkestraße nos. 12 and 7.

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Katharina Sch and Otto Pfromm's account of the events at Klosterstraße 6 and Wildemannsgasse 11.

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Anna D's account of the events at Hohenzollernstraße nos. 137 ½ and 139, Wehlheider Straße 6.

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Christine Wachsmuth's account of the events at Magazinstraße 4.

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Two accounts of the events at Wolfhager Straße 38.

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Elisabeth K's account of the events at Graben nos. 6 and 2.

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Gretel S's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 19 (Pinne), Kastenalsgasse 34.

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Marhta and Fritz L's account of the events at Philippistraße 7 and Gießbergstraße 31.

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Heinrich von der E's account of the events at Fischgasse 10.

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Karl Kniese's account of the events at Wolfhager Straße 11, train station in the lower town.

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Karl L's account of the events at Pferdemarkt 9, Schützenstraße 9, Franzgraben 22.

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Ludwig B's account of the events at Wolfhager Straße 176 (rescue centre), Hohentor-straße 19.

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