Target maps and data sheets from the R.A.F. and USAAF for the evaluation of air raids on Kassel, 1942-45
The data sheets show how many aircraft participated in each attack, how many tons of ammunition were dropped, and which targets were selected. The respective number of Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft remaining after the attack is also documented. The target maps contain markings identifying each target and show exact evaluations of the bomb raids on different parts of Kassel. Bomb impacts are circled, targets are shaded. One of the maps marks the labor camp at the Henschel aircraft motor factory at Baunatal (since 1957, the Volkswagen Kassel plant), the horizontal projections of which haven’t changed to this day. (Source: Stadtarchiv, Kassel (city archive); Werner Dettmar. Reproduction: Pola Sieverding)
