21 March 1945 - The Bombing of the Shellhus


Operation Carthage; 20 RAF de Havilland Mosquito fast bombers, escorted by 30 RAF North American Mustang fighters bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Unfortunately, a Mosquito in the first wave hit a lamp post and crashed into the Jeanne d'Arc School, about 1.5 km (1 mile) from the target. Several bombers in the second and third wave attacked the burning school thinking it was their target. 125 Danish civilians died in the school, including 86 schoolchildren.

Bombing of The Gestapo headquarters in Shellhuset house, Copenhagen by RAF Mosquitos 21 March 1945