campaign, interwar and Second World War
Operation Ramrod 16
Operation Ramrod 16 was a campaign fought in 1943 at Amsterdam, in what is now Netherlands; it lasted about 2 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Amsterdam. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 5 Spitfire squadrons; 7 Boston IIIA; 12 Lockheed Ventura bombers against 70 fighter aircraft.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1943 (year precision) to 1945 | |
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| Place | Amsterdam, Netherlands 52.367N, 4.883E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 5 Spitfire squadrons; 7 Boston IIIA; 12 Lockheed Ventura bombers | 70 fighter aircraft |
| Casualties and losses | 10 Venturas lost near the target, one written off; 28 aircrew killed, 12 PoW; 1 Spitfire lost; pilot killed | 1 Bf 109, 3 Fw 190s |
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Nearest engagements
- Blockades of Amsterdam 1572, 2.2 km NE
- Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord 1943, 3.7 km NE
- Battle of Haarlemmermeer 1573, 14 km W
- Siege of Haarlem 1274, 17 km W
- Siege of Haarlem 1572, 17 km W
In the same war
- Before: Anti-Partisan Operations in Volyn-Polissia 1943
- After: Battle of the Campobasso Convoy 4 May 1943
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1943
Operation Ramrod 16 is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55627707, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Ramrod 16, revision 1370698948, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.