Bombing of Frampol

Bombing of Frampol

The Bombing of Frampol happened during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. On 13 September, the town of Frampol (Poland), with a population of 4,000 and without any military or industrial targets, nor any Polish Army defenders, was practically annihilated by German Luftwaffe bombing practice. Over 60% [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pollubel/pbilg/local4b3.html Frampol Gmina Page] ] to 90% [pl icon [http://www.frampol.lubelskie.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=4 Historia Frampola] on the official pages of the town] of town's infrastructure was destroyed; only two streets remained untouched, plus a few houses here and there. [ [http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol7_00406.html “Frampol” - Encyclopedia of JewishCommunities in Poland, Volume VII] ]

Quotes

"Frampol was chosen as an experimental object, because test bombers, flying at low speed, weren't endangered by AA fire. Also, the centrally placed town hall was an ideal orientation point for the crews. We watched possibility of orientation after visible signs, and also the size of village, what guaranteed that bombs nevertheless fall down on Frampol. From one side it should make easier the note of probe, from second side it should confirm the efficiency of used bombs." - Wolfgang Schreyer's book "Eyes on the sky" ("Augen am Himmel") [Dariusz Tyminski and Grzegorz Slizewski, "13 September 1939, the town of Frampol" in the [http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/pol39/pol39.htm Poland 1939 - The Diary of Luftwaffe Atrocities.] ]

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Further reading

* cite book | author=Mieczysław Cieplewicz, Eugeniusz Kozłowski et al.| title=Wojna obronna Polski 1939 | publisher=Warsaw, Wydawnictwo MON | year=1979 | id=ISBN 8311063141

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