DatumEinsatz
03.12.193938, 115, and 149 squadrons of the Royal Air Force failed to destroy the German warships at anchor
11.03.1944-24.08.1944No. 466 Squadron RAAF laid mines.
18.04.1944No. 466 Squadron RAAF conducted bombing operations
29.08.1944Mission 584: 11 B-17 Flying Fortresses and 34 B-24 Liberators bomb Heligoland Island; 3 B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by 169 P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs; 7 P-51s are damaged
03.09.1944Operation Aphrodite B-17 63954 attempt on U-boat pens failed when US Navy controller flew aircraft into Düne Island by mistake
11.09.1944Operation Aphrodite B-17 30180 attempt on U-boat pens hit by enemy flak and crashed into sea
29.09.1944-30.09.194415 Lancasters conducted minelaying in the Kattegat and off Heligoland. No aircraft lost
05.10.1944-06.10.194410 Halifaxes conducted minelaying off Heligoland. No aircraft lost.
15.10.1944Operation Aphrodite B-17 30039 *Liberty Belle* and B-17 37743 attempt on U-boat pens destroyed many of the buildings of the Unterland
26.10.1944-27.10.194410 Lancasters of No 1 Group conducted minelaying off Heligoland. 1 Lancaster minelayer lost.and the islands were evacuated the following night.
22.11.1944-23.11.194417 Lancasters conducted minelaying off Heligoland and in the mouth of the River Elbe without loss
23.11.19444 Mosquitoes conducted Ranger patrols in the Heligoland area. No aircraft lost
31.12.1944On Eighth Air Force Mission 772, 1 B-17 bombed Heligoland island
04.02.1945-05.02.194515 Lancasters and 12 Halifaxes minelaying off Heligoland and in the River Elbe. No minelaying aircraft lost.
16.03.1945-17.03.194512 Halifaxes and 12 Lancasters minelaying in the Kattegat and off Heligoland. No aircraft lost.
18.04.1945969 aircraft (617 Lancasters, 332 Halifaxes, 20 Mosquitoes) bombed the Naval base, airfield, and village into crater-pitted moonscapes. 3 Halifaxes were lost. The islands were evacuated the following day.
19.04.194536 Lancasters of 9 and 617 Squadrons attacked coastal battery positions with Tallboy bombs for no losses

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