Sabotage against an electric revolving crane 01-11-1943

The electric turning crane after the sabotage on November 1st 1943.

Map section of Aarhus harbor. The sabotaged crane is marked in red.

The foot piece of the crane after the explosion. Also some of the surrounding train carriages were damaged.

Close up picture of the blasting sites.

The west bearing pillars of the crane. The red arrow points at the location where one of the explosive charges was placed.

Intro

The crane was often used by the Wehrmacht. In the attack, two powerful bombs were used. The explosions threw the crane's upper body into the water while the lower part was shattered.

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Gasværkskaj

Århus

41 Århus

Alfred Bertelsen, Villy Samsing og Richard Skov

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KF5-923

KL-1974

Alfred Bertelsen (FHM 13959)