27 Aug 1943
France
France
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the German V-2 rocket-launching site construction at Watten, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Watten | DS]
24 Dec 1943
France
France
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched 26 bombers as part of a 670-bomber raid, the largest 8th Air Force bombing raid to date. Targets were rocket launching sites along the French coast. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Watten, Pas-de-Calais | DS]
3 Feb 1945
France
France
- USAAF B-17 Fortress bombers dropped Disney Bombs on the recently captured Watten Bunker near Watten, France as a test of the new bomb design. ww2dbase [Disney | Watten, Nord | DS]
27 Jan 2009
France
France
- An unexploded warhead from a Disney Bomb was extracted from the reinforced concrete roof of the Watten V2 rocket launching bunker in Watten, France, over 60 years after it was dropped. ww2dbase [Disney | Watten, Nord | DS]
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