Scroll down to see Attacks on NOVA GRADISKA:
1) 17 August 1944
2) 20 August 1944
3) 26 March 1945
17 August 1944
After doing some research with Google Earth it was discovered that actually the marshalling yards at the town of Nova Gradiska was attacked and not St. Petrovo. St. Petrovo is 11 Km West of Nova Gradiska and the navigators made an error.
flight path Biferno tp Nova Gradiska
11 Km difference in registerd target and real target.
target area as on Google Earth. (NOVA GRADISKA)
Identified features from war photographs
Camera shot A with marked features
Camera shot B with marked features
Station building today, Google earth picture
Bridge today
Side building today
20 August 1944:
The images confirm that the target attacked was not Dragolic but again NOVA GRADISKA, same target as 17 August.
The Church in Nova Gradiska today
The railway station building in Nova Gradiska today
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26 March 1945: Attack rail line at NOVA GRADISKA, Croatia
House B
House C
Looks like wagons as cargo
House B