Talk:Bombing of Sofia in World War II

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The contents of the Gerhard Wengel page were merged into Bombing of Sofia in World War II on 03 February 2013. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

As a matter of fact, the first Allied bombing of Sofia was done by the British as early as April 1941 when Nazi Germany started its invasion of Yugoslavia partly from Bulgarian territory. There were several casualties in the area of Sofia Central Railway Station. --Vladko 15:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest adding this to the article :) Todor→Bozhinov 15:52, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about the British, but I know that a group of aircraft of the First Bomber Regiment of the Yugoslav Royal Air Force carried out several raids on Sofia flying from Davidovac auxiliary airfield near Paraćin. On the 6th of April they targeted the army barracks and the train station. On the 7th - the school "Aleksandar Levsky" where the Germans supposedly were, the train station (again) and the Bulgarian troops under tents. The aircraft flown by the Regiment were Yugoslav licence-built Bristol Blenheims Mk I (a British design), so they were probably mistaken for British aircraft. In addition to that three Yugoslav Do17-k s carried out a raid on an airfield near Sofia which the German Luftwaffe used destroying some hangars and possibly some aircraft.

Veljko Stevanovich 13. 08. 2007. UTC+1

This article is false, factually incorrect and does not quote any official source. Please be reminded that factually sound sources are available from the State archive, according to which there have been three bombings of Sofia with 21 injured and none killed. This is the official record of what has happened. What you have put up here is not factual, and shortly - a lie! Also, please note:

Reliable sources and notability Further information: Wikipedia:Notability

What you quote, does not contain information as put in this article![User:DemonX|DemonX] (talk) 14:49, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]