TARGET - BERLIN
The table that follow refers to every strategic air raid on Berlin city and nearby locations from 1 September 1939 to 8 May 1945.
NOTE: An aircraft is assumed to have been 'dispatched' if it started its take-off, even if it crashed on or near the runway.
Some Bomber Command records are not clear on the numbers dispatched on some nights, so the totals could be approximate.
Losses included those due to German Flak, fighter action and operational accidents.
Figures related to fighter escort on each mission are excluded.
(n) numbers marked in bold means raid by US Army Air Forces.
(-) means that the number of aircraft attacking Berlin is unknown.
(M) means the air attack was made solely by RAF Mosquito bombers.
1939
- October 1939 -
Date
• 1/2*
* Leaflet drop
Aircraft dispatched
4
Reached Target
3
Aircraft lost
1
1940
- June 1940 -
- August 1940 -
- September 1940 -
Date
• 3/4
• 4/5
• 6/7
• 9/10
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 15/16
• 22/23
• 23/24
• 24/25
• 25/26
• 28/29
• 30/1
* crashed on take off
Aircraft dispatched
21
38
29
9
17
9
5
5
129
19
17
14
42
Bombed
17
37
-
5
4
8
2
4
112
11
15
7
17
Aircraft lost
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
1*
0
0
3
- October 1940 -
Date
• 7/8
• 12/13
• 14/15
• 19/20
• 20/21
• 23/24
• 26/27
• 29/30
Aircraft dispatched
42
20
-78
3
30
11
20
30
Bombed
-
10
-
0
-
11
17
4
Aircraft lost
1
0
2
0
3
1
0
2
- November 1940 -
Date
• 1/2
• 6/7
• 14/15
• 19/20
• 23/24
Aircraft dispatched
-
18
50
-
-
Bombed
-
1
25
-
-
Aircraft lost
2
1
13
1
1
- December 1940 -
Date
• 15/16
• 20/21
Aircraft dispatched
-
-
Bombed
-
-
Aircraft lost
4
1
1941
- March 1941 -
Date
• 12/13
• 23/24
Aircraft dispatched
72
63
Bombed
48
49
Aircraft lost
3
0
- April 1941 -
Date
• 9/10
• 17/18
• 30/1
Aircraft dispatched
80
118
10
Bombed
40
-
3
Aircraft lost
5
8
0
- May 1941 -
Date
• 8/9
• 9/10
• 10/11
• 15/16
Aircraft dispatched
5
5
23
14
Bombed
-
-
12
-
Aircraft lost
1
0
3
1
- June 1941 -
Date
• 2/3
Aircraft dispatched
11
Bombed
-
Aircraft lost
1
- July 1941 -
Date
• 25/26
Aircraft dispatched
9
Bombed
-
Aircraft lost
3
- August 1941 -
Date
• 2/3
• 7/8*
• 10/11*
• 12/13
* Soviet aircraft
Aircraft dispatched
53
15
17
70
Bombed
-
10
7
32
Aircraft lost
4
0
8
9
- September 1941 -
Date
• 2/3
• 7/8
• 20/21
Aircraft dispatched
49
197
74
Bombed
-
137
20
Aircraft lost
5
15
4
- November 1941 -
Date
• 7/8
Aircraft dispatched
169
Bombed
73
Aircraft lost
21
1942
- August 1942 -
Date
• 27/28*
• 29/30*
* Soviet aircraft
Aircraft dispatched
-
112
Bombed
-
-
Aircraft lost
-
-
- September 1942 -
Date
• 10/11*
• 19
* Soviet aircraft
Aircraft dispatched
-
6 (M)
Bombed
-
1
Aircraft lost
-
1
1943
- January 1943 -
Date
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 30
• 30
Aircraft dispatched
201
187
3 (M)
3 (M)
Bombed
169
-
3
3
Aircraft lost
1
22
0
1
- March 1943 -
Date
• 1/2
• 27/28
• 29/30
Aircraft dispatched
302
396
329
Bombed
251
-
234
Aircraft lost
17
9
21
- April 1943 -
Date
• 20/21*
* to disrupt Hitler's birthday
Aircraft dispatched
11 (M)
Bombed
9
Aircraft lost
1
- May 1943 -
Date
• 13/14
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 19/20
• 21/22
Aircraft dispatched
12 (M)
3 (M)
9 (M)
6 (M)
4 (M)
Bombed
9
2
8
2
2
Aircraft lost
1
0
0
0
0
- June 1943 -
Date
• 13/14
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 20/21
• 22/23
Aircraft dispatched
6 (M)
6 (M)
3 (M)
4 (M)
4 (M)
4 (M)
Bombed
5
5
3
2
4
4
Aircraft lost
0
0
0
0
0
0
- July 1943 -
Date
• 14/15
Aircraft dispatched
8 (M)
Bombed
7
Aircraft lost
1
- August 1943 -
Date
• 12/13
• 15/16
• 17/18*
• 19/20
• 22/23
• 24/25
• 25/26
• 31/1
* diversionary raid
Aircraft dispatched
7 (M)
8 (M)
8 (M)
8 (M)
719
8 (M)
6 (M)
622
Bombed
6
5
6
7
626
7
5
377
Aircraft lost
1
0
1
1
62
0
0
47
- September 1943 -
Date
• 3/4
• 14/15
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 20/21
Aircraft dispatched
320
8 (M)
7 (M)
5 (M)
6 (M)
8 (M)
Bombed
290
3
7
4
6
8
Aircraft lost
22
1
0
0
0
0
- October 1943 -
Date
• 8/9*
• 9/10
• 17/18
• 18/19*
• 20/21*
* diversionary raid
Aircraft dispatched
7 (M)
6 (M)
8 (M)
8 (M)
28 (M)
Bombed
6
6
6
7
28
Aircraft lost
0
0
0
0
2
- November 1943 -
Date
• 11/12
• 13/14
• 17/18
• 18/19
• 22/23
• 23/24
• 24/25
• 25/26
• 26/27
* 14 lost because of bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
29 (M)
9 (M)
21 (M)
444
764
383
6 (M)
3 (M)
450
Bombed
29
9
18
411
696
337
5
3
410
Aircraft lost
0
0
0
9
32
26
1
0
28 + 14*
- December 1943 -
Date
• 2/3
• 3/4*
• 16/17
• 23/24
• 29/30
* diversionary raid
** 34 lost because of bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
458
9 (M)
498
390
712
Bombed
415
9
454
358
660
Aircraft lost
40
0
25 + 34**
15
20
1944
- January 1944 -
Date
• 1/2
• 2/3
• 5/6
• 10/11
• 14/15*
• 20/21
• 21/22*
• 27/28
• 28/29
• 28/29
• 30/31
* diversionary raid
** 6 lost because of bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
421
383
13 (M)
10 (M)
6 (M)
769
34
530
6 (M)
677
534
Bombed
376
323
13
10
6
694
-
489
5
608
477
Aircraft lost
28
26
0
0
0
35
1
33
0
46 + 6**
33
- February 1944 -
Date
• 1/2
• 5/6
• 10/11
• 15/16
• 19/20*
* diversionary raid
Aircraft dispatched
12 (M)
18 (M)
21 (M)
891
15 (M)
Bombed
-
-
-
796
-
Aircraft lost
1
0
0
43
1
- March 1944 -
Date
• 3*
• 4*
• 3/4
• 4/5
• 6
• 8
• 9
• 19/20
• 22**
• 22/23
• 24/25
• 25/26
* recalled due to bad weather
** target: ORANIENBURG but bombed Berlin
Aircraft dispatched
748
502
16 (M)
15 (M)
730
623
361
9 (M)
688
- (M)
811
10 (M)
Bombed
0
30
16
-
672
539
339
9
656
-
758
10
Aircraft lost
11
15
0
0
69
37
6
0
12
0
72
0
- April 1944 -
Date
• 13/14
• 18*
• 18/19
• 20/21
• 29
* target: ORANIENBURG
Aircraft dispatched
29 (M)
776
24 (M)
8 (M)
679
Bombed
-
773
-
-
590
Aircraft lost
0
19
0
0
63
- May 1944 -
Date
• 4*
• 7
• 8
• 9/10
• 19
• 23/24
• 24
• 24/25
• 27/28
* recalled due to bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
591
600
500
30 (M)
588
16 (M)
616
15 (M)
23 (M)
Bombed
0
553
403
-
495
-
464
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
8
25
0
16
0
33
0
0
- June 1944 -
Date
• 9/10
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 17/18
• 21
• 21/22
• 24/25
Aircraft dispatched
36 (M)
32 (M)
33 (M)
30 (M)
1,071
32 (M)
27 (M)
Bombed
-
-
-
-
868
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
2
2
0
44
0
1
- July 1944 -
Date
• 7/8
• 10/11
• 15/16
• 17/18
• 18/19
• 21/22
• 24/25
• 25/26
Aircraft dispatched
32 (M)
35 (M)
36 (M)
31 (M)
22 (M)
33 (M)
27 (M)
21 (M)
Bombed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
- August 1944 -
Date
• 6*
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 14/15
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 18/19
• 25/26
• 27**
* target: BRANDENBURG, STENDAL
** recalled due to bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
568
32 (M)
33 (M)
32 (M)
32 (M)
23 (M)
21 (M)
36 (M)
426
Bombed
409
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
Aircraft lost
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
- September 1944 -
Date
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 12/13
• 13/14
• 15/16
• 18/19
Aircraft dispatched
47 (M)
47 (M)
29 (M)
36 (M)
27 (M)
33 (M)
Bombed
-
-
26
34
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
1
0
2
1
0
- October 1944 -
Date
• 5/6
• 6*
• 6/7
• 11/12
• 14/15
• 23/24
• 27/28
• 30/31
* target: SPANDAU, TEGEL
Aircraft dispatched
20 (M)
418
22 (M)
46 (M)
16 (M)
38 (M)
60 (M)
62 (M)
Bombed
-
382
20
-
-
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
17
1
1
1
0
0
1
- November 1944 -
Date
• 1/2
• 3/4
• 15/16
• 24/25
• 27/28
Aircraft dispatched
49 (M)
55 (M)
36 (M)
58 (M)
67 (M)
Bombed
-
-
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
0
1
0
0
- December 1944 -
Date
• 5
• 6/7
• 9/10
• 31/1
Aircraft dispatched
451
42 (M)
60 (M)
77 (M)
Bombed
404
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
12
1
0
0
1945
- January 1945 -
Date
• 2/3
• 4/5
• 5/6
• 14/15
• 27/28
• 29/30
* crashed because of bad weather
Aircraft dispatched
53 (M)
66 (M)
69 (M)
83 (M)
12 (M)
59 (M)
Bombed
-
-
59
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
1
0
2
3+8*
0
0
- February 1945 -
Date
• 1/2
• 3
• 5/6
• 8/9
• 14/15
• 18/19
• 21/22
• 22/23
• 23/24
• 24/25
• 25/26
• 26
• 26/27
• 27/28
• 28/1
* crashed on return
Aircraft dispatched
122 (M)
1,003
63 (M)
47 (M)
46 (M)
6 (M)
77 (M)
73 (M)
70 (M)
63 (M)
10 (M)
1,207
38 (M)
96 (M)
74 (M)
Bombed
-
937
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,066
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
3*
23
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
- March 1945 -
Date
• 1/2
• 2/3
• 3/4
• 5/6
• 6/7
• 7/8
• 8/9
• 9/10
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 12/13
• 13/14
• 14/15
• 15**
• 15***
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 18
• 18/19
• 19/20
• 20/21
• 21/22
• 22/23
• 23/24
• 24
• 24/25
• 25/26
• 26/27
• 27/28
• 28†
• 29/30
• 30/31
* written off: Flak damage
** target: ORANIENBURG
*** target: ZOSSEN
† target: SPANDAU
Aircraft dispatched
55 (M)
3 (M)
64 (M)
75 (M)
42 (M)
80 (M)
39 (M)
92 (M)
60 (M)
90 (M)
81 (M)
50 (M)
75 (M)
675
672
54 (M)
56 (M)
38 (M)
1,329
30 (M)
34 (M)
38 (M)
142 (M)
56 (M)
65 (M)
169
67 (M)
8 (M)
88 (M)
82 (M)
446
48 (M)
43 (M)
Bombed
-
-
58
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
612
584
-
-
-
1,263
-
-
-
-
-
-
148
-
-
-
-
383
-
-
Aircraft lost
0
1*
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
8
1
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
1
0
2
9
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
- April 1945 -
Date
• 2/3
• 3/4
• 4/5
• 8/9
• 9/10
• 10*
• 10/11
• 11/12
• 12/13
• 14/15**
• 14/15***
• 15/16
• 15/16*
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 18/19
• 19/20
• 20*
• 20†
• 20/21
• 24/25¥
* target: ORANIENBURG
** target: POTSDAM
*** diversionary raid
† target: BRANDENBURG, SEDDIN
¥ Soviet aircraft
Aircraft dispatched
54 (M)
95 (M)
35 (M)
28 (M)
44 (M)
442
77 (M)
107 (M)
97 (M)
512
62 (M)
106 (M)
8 (M)
64 (M)
61 (M)
57 (M)
79 (M)
82
137
76 (M)
111
Bombed
-
-
-
-
-
417
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
82
-
-
-
Aircraft lost
1
0
0
0
0
9
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
-
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