Bombing of the Bezuidenhout
The bombing of the Bezuidenhout (Dutch: bombardement op het Bezuidenhout) took place on 3 March 1945, when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague resulting in the death of 532 citizens.
| 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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| Belligerents | |||||
| United Kingdom | Nazi Germany | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham | |||||
| Units involved | |||||
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Second Tactical Air Force
| 902nd Artillery Regiment z.V. (Motorized) | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 56 Boston & Mitchell bombers | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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Bezuidenhout civilian casualties (collateral damage):
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Location within South Holland | |||||
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