View of the wreckage caused to the Hannover railway yards by RAF bombing, April 1945. Hannover was an important railway communications centre and also contained many factories and plants which contributed to Germany's war effort. Bomber Command raided Hannover many times with heavy attacks in mid-1943 and a final large assault by 267 Lancasters on 25 March 1945. No. 460 Squadron RAAF despatched seventeen Lancasters on the 25 March operation and the pilot of 'Lanc NX 570', RAAF Flying Officer Arthur Sullivan, reported that they bombed the marshalling yards at 9.46 am from 18,000 feet (5486 metres). Most of the other squadron pilots reported that they had bombed 'smoke'. [No. 460 Squadron RAAF, Operations Record Book, 25 March 1945; AWM SUK14145]
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