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Joint UK and US Air Force raids on Sofia, Bulgaria during WWII
Bombing of Sofia in World War II
Part of Bulgaria during World War II
Bombing of Sofia, April 1944
Date
April 1941 November 1943 – April 1944
Location
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Belligerents
United Kingdom United States Yugoslavia (1941) Greece (1941)
Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
John Simpson Jimmy Doolittle
Dimitar Ayranov Vasil Valkov
Strength
2,387–2,500 aircraft
150–200 aircraft 11 heavy air defense batteries
Casualties and losses
Military ranks: 256 killed (159 in battle, 28 missing, 69 died of their wounds); 333 captured; unspecified number of wounded
Airplanes shot down: 185 bombers and fighters Unspecified number damaged aircraft
Military ranks: 23 killed in battle (22 Bulgarians, 1 German) Civilian population, etc.: 3,950 killed, wounded or missing; 4,744 wounded Damaged buildings: 12,657 Planes down: 27 Unspecified number of damaged aircraft
The Bulgarian capital of Sofia suffered a series of Allied bombing raids during World War II, from mid 1941 to early 1944. Bulgaria declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Southern Italy-based Allied air forces extended the range of their strategic operations to include Bulgaria and other Axis allies in 1943.
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