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Introduction and Storyline
(Előszó és a Történet)

AAC BG Mission Narratives
(Bombázók bevetési jelentései)

AAC BG Mission Orders
(Bevetési parancsok)

Aircraft Downed in Hungary
(Kényszerleszállás Magyarországon)

460th BG Escape Statements
(460-as Bombázó Csoport Két menekülés leirása)

BG Mission Lists
(Bombázó csoportok bevetési listája)

Harrison Flats
(Harrison Sík)

S-2 Sees It Through  
(S-2 gondoskodik mindenről)

Newspaper Accounts
(Ujságcikkek)

New!
A Great Miracle
(Egy nagy csoda)

Reconstruction
(Ujjáépités)

Rededication
(A templomszentelés)

Reflections
(Elmélkedések)

Two Great Organs
(A székesegyház orgonái)

Church Bells Sound Recording
(Hangfelvétel)

The Final Chapter
(Utolsó Fejezet)

Photo Albums
(Fénykép album)
Bomb Damage Photo Album
(HUNGARIAN Bomb Damage Fénykép album)
Links
(Linkek)

Bomb Damage Photo Album

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[Photo] The Szombathely Cathedral steeple damage from WWII bombing runs. [Photo] Damage inflicted by bombs falling on the Szombathely Cathedral roof. [Photo] Bomb damage to both roof and steeple of Szombathely Cathedral.
The Szombathely Cathedral steeple and roof was damaged by bombs during WWII.

[Photo] WWII bomb damage to Szombathely Cathedral [Photo] Damage to the Szombathely Cathedral roof and steeples. [Photo] A close-up of the bomb damage done to Szombathely Cathedral's steeple.
More damage done to the cathedral steeple and roof.

[Photo] Interior damage caused by bombs dropped on Szombathely Cathedral. [Photo] Bombs dropped on the cathedral caused severe internal damage. [Photo] Bomb damage on an outer wall.
Bombs dropped on the cathedral caused extensive interior damage as well as exterior.

[Photo] Timbers from the roof and walls filled the church doorway. [Photo] Szombathely Cathedral was filled with damaged building materials. [Photo] Bombs reduced the church walls to rubble.
Debris from the bomb impacts filled Szombathely Cathedral with timbers, roofing materials and rubble.

[Photo] Bombs reduce Szombathely Cathedral to a shell of its former grandeur. [Photo] Severe damage to the interior of the church in Szombathely. [Photo] Statuary survives the WWII assault on the cathedral.
Bombs caused extensive damage, but some of the most delicate and historic statuary still managed to survive the attacks.

[Photo] The empty cathedral windows bear silent witness to the ravages of WWII. [Photo] Some of the cathedral's decorative accents survived the bomb attack. [Photo] The cathedral ceiling was pitted by debris during the explosions.
Empty windows and doorways reflected the devastation from the bombs. The cathedral ceiling was damaged by debris driven outward by the force of the bombs.

[Photo] More damage to the cathedral ceiling. [Photo] Columns still stand after the devastating bombings. [Photo] Stone angels look down upon the destruction.
The cathedrals ceiling is heavily damaged, but stone pillars and carved angels somehow managed to survive the bombardments.

[Photo] Local citizens survey the bomb damage to the cathedral. [Photo] Holes created by the bombs left the steeple visible from inside the church. [Photo] More damage to the church - from the inside looking out.
Local citizens surveyed and recorded the massive amount of damage done to Szombathely Cathedral by the World War II bombing raids.

[Photo] Damage to the steeple photographed from yet another angle. [Photo] Workmen install scaffolding in preparation of restoration of Szombathely Cathedral.

Scaffolding is erected prior to beginning repair to the damages inflicted by the allied bombs.

      This website is dedicated to describing the events of Sunday, March 4, 1945 over the city of Szombathely, Hungary. Footnotes, references and historical documents will be added to the site as translations become available. The readers' interest and help with translations would be most appreciated - in both English and Hungarian.
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