Bombing of the Bezuidenhout | |||||
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Part of World War II Operation Crossbow | |||||
![]() Bezuidenhout burning, shortly after the bombing, photographed from the tower of the Church of James the Greater, at Parkstraat in The Hague | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham[not verified in body] | |||||
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56 Boston & Mitchell bombers[2] | |||||
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Bezuidenhout civilian casualties (collateral damage): | |||||
Location within South Holland |
The bombing of the Bezuidenhout (Dutch: bombardement op het Bezuidenhout) took place on 3 March 1945,[7] when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague resulting in the death of 532 citizens.[8][9]
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