Impact of the attack 1945 Bombing of Prague
emmaus monastery in late 19th century
newly reconstructed towers of emmaus monastery
forty b-17 flying fortresses of 8th american air force dropped 152 tons of bombs on many populated areas of prague. carpet-bombing hit vyšehrad, zlíchov, karlovo náměstí, nusle, vinohrady, vršovice , pankrác. bombing resulted in deaths of 701 people , wounding of 1,184. 1 hundred houses , historical sites totally destroyed , 2 hundred heavily damaged. casualties civilians , not 1 of city s factories, might have been of use wehrmacht, damaged.
many homes , national sites destroyed, example emmaus monastery, faust house , vinohrady synagogue. of prague s famous modern buildings, such dancing house or emauzy church, constructed in locations bombs had destroyed existing buildings.
one of pilots of lead group lt. andrew andrako flying b-17 serial number 43-38652 v, stinker jr. . lt. andrako of czech descent.
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