Target folder, operation number GO. 1190, Schulau, 1942-1944

Target information folder for the power station and oil refinery at Schulau, near Hamburg, issued in July 1944. Target folders like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.

Hamburg was a major port and industrial area and was targeted many times by the RAF and USAAF throughout the war as it was relatively easy for navigators to locate. Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the USAAF 8th Air Force attacked the oil refinery at Schulau on 6 August 1944, causing significant damage.