File:Deggendorf getting bombed in 1945.jpg

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Deutsch: Foto des Angriffs auf den Hafen von Deggendorf, Bayern, am 20. April 1945. Douglas A-20 Havoc der 426. Bomb Group griffen Deggendorf an und zerstörten die Siriuswerke ("Deggendorfer Bleicherde - Fabriken") und die Firma Wallner. Bei Wallner wurden zwölf Mineralöltanks getroffen (die zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme gerade expoldieren), ebenso ein mit 5000 t Getreide gefülltes Silo. Die Kaianlagen an der Donau wurden völlig zerstört, die Lagerhallen zu größten Teil.
English: A USAAF strike photo of an attack on Deggendorf harbour, Bavaria, on 20 April 1945. Deggendorf was attacked from Douglas A-20 Havocs of the 426th Bomb Group. The Siriuswerke ("Deggendorfer Bleicherde - Fabriken") and the Wallner company were destroyed. A 5000 t grain silo and twelve oil tanks were destroyed at Wallner, as were the quais and most of the buildings. The photo shows most obviously the explosion of the oil tanks.
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Camera location48° 48′ 56.4″ N, 12° 57′ 57.4″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current20:02, 20 October 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:02, 20 October 20091,398 × 1,800 (252 KB)High Contrast (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description= {{en|The aftermath of the 9th Air Force aircraft bombing of the oil depot at Deggendorf, Germany, in April 1945.}} |Source=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/; [http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/f

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