Operation Bodenplatte ([ˈboːdn̩ˌplatə]; "Baseplate"), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the... 72 KB (8,828 words) - 00:34, 10 April 2024 |
Battle of the Bulge (redirect from Operation Währung) going, the Germans launched two new operations. At 09:15, the Luftwaffe launched Unternehmen Bodenplatte (Operation Baseplate), a major campaign against... 169 KB (19,698 words) - 11:05, 8 April 2024 |
V-2 rocket (category Operation Crossbow) Meillerwagen was ever caught in action by Allied aircraft, during the Operation Bodenplatte attack on 1 January 1945 near Lochem by a USAAF 4th Fighter Group... 97 KB (11,298 words) - 11:58, 4 April 2024 |
Operation Bodenplatte (English: Operation Baseplate or Operation Ground Plate), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple... 18 KB (1,430 words) - 12:21, 20 May 2023 |
the Allied air forces based in northwestern Europe was known as Operation Bodenplatte. It failed without having achieved any of its key objectives. The... 15 KB (1,177 words) - 03:08, 16 March 2024 |
Günther Specht (section Operation Bodenplatte) during the attack on the Allied bases at Asch and Ophoven as part of Operation Bodenplatte. He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant colonel (German: Oberstleutnant)... 43 KB (4,436 words) - 10:27, 13 February 2024 |
M45 Quadmount (section Operation) fighters. The Luftwaffe also mustered a large number of planes for Operation Bodenplatte that took place on New Year's Day 1945. It was also tested by the... 12 KB (1,371 words) - 12:49, 2 March 2024 |
Herbert Ihlefeld (section Operation Bodenplatte) Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau" (JG 1—1st Fighter Wing) and participated in Operation Bodenplatte. Ihlefeld died on 8 August 1995 in Wennigsen, Lower Saxony. Ihlefeld... 60 KB (7,881 words) - 12:14, 12 February 2024 |
with an Auster shot down near Bastogne. Vogt led 5. Staffel during Operation Bodenplatte on 1 January 1945, an attempt at gaining air superiority during... 33 KB (3,123 words) - 07:06, 29 February 2024 |
Gerhard Barkhorn (section Operation Barbarossa) victory on 5 January 1945. On 1 January 1945, the Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte, a failed attempt to gain air superiority during the stagnant stage... 70 KB (9,103 words) - 17:49, 10 February 2024 |
Karl Borris (section Operation Bodenplatte and defeat) Oberleutnant Hans Dortenmann arrived at Fürstenau in preparation for Operation Bodenplatte. Bodenplatte was an attempt at gaining air superiority during the stagnant... 38 KB (3,914 words) - 07:08, 29 February 2024 |
Squadrons; No. 34 Wing was based at B.56 Brussels-Melsbroek during Operation Bodenplatte, the German aerial attack of 1 January 1945. The Germans hit Melsbroek... 6 KB (657 words) - 22:28, 16 March 2024 |
Corps) and was responsible for the planning of the unsuccessful Operation Bodenplatte, the attack of German fighters on Allied air bases in Belgium and... 33 KB (3,841 words) - 10:16, 13 February 2024 |
Bf 109, the core of the German fighter force that participated in Operation Bodenplatte. A total of 35 Fw 190 A-8s, 27 A-8/R2s, 5 F-8s and 50 D-9s were... 76 KB (11,481 words) - 05:49, 12 April 2024 |
List of World War II battles (category Battles and operations of World War II) Operation Bodenplatte Operation Nordwind: January 1945 Colmar Pocket Operation Blackcock: January 1945 Operation Veritable: February 1945 Operation Grenade:... 35 KB (3,837 words) - 15:01, 16 February 2024 |
the Warsaw Uprising and Operation Frantic. 1 January: Operation Bodenplatte supported the last major German offensive, Operation Nordwind, with inconclusive... 76 KB (6,471 words) - 20:35, 20 March 2024 |
Unternehmen Bodenplatte (Operation Baseplate or Operation Ground Plate), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied... 11 KB (783 words) - 08:04, 19 October 2022 |
prevent subsequent Red Army advances. On New Year's Day 1945 in Operation Bodenplatte, over 1,000 aircraft (including more than 600 Fw 190s) launched... 35 KB (5,183 words) - 03:27, 27 March 2024 |
Cross on 27 July 1944 and killed in action on 1 January 1945 during Operation Bodenplatte. Fassong was born on 27 April 1919 in Kassel, at the time in the... 40 KB (3,313 words) - 07:00, 29 February 2024 |
last-ditch attempt, known as Operation Bodenplatte, to win air superiority on 1 January 1945 failed. After the Bodenplatte effort, the Luftwaffe ceased... 128 KB (15,507 words) - 09:40, 4 April 2024 |
Milano: Mondadori Electa, 2006. No ISBN Manrho, John and Ron Putz. Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope: The Attack on Allied Airfields, New Year's... 84 KB (11,401 words) - 06:00, 15 April 2024 |
airfield was the site of a major aerial battle during the Luftwaffe's Operation Bodenplatte. The Fw 190s and Bf 109s of JG-11 arrived at Asch just as the 487th... 7 KB (756 words) - 09:24, 14 February 2024 |