the war. The rubble from the destruction was heaped into a large, high mound on the outskirts of the town and covered with soil and vegetation. It is officially named the "Wallberg". As with other German cities which have similar mounds, it remains a visible reminder of the destruction brought upon the city during World War II. Notes Christian Groh Pforzheim and References Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 9, 2005. Pforzheimer Zeitung of March 4, 2005. Groh Groh Detlef Siebert British Bombing Strategy in World War Two Page 4 BBC 1 August 2001 Yellowfin from Groh, other information from RAF Web Site: Campaign Diary February 1945. The tonnage of bombs and the height of the raid can be found in the Reference RAF Web Site: Campaign Diary February 1945. The number of bombs, the height of smoke and the visibility of the fire is reported in References Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 23, 2005. The RAF gives the number of bombers lost for all raids that night, but not the specifics for this raid. But the figures are in line with total RAF losses. The number of 12 aircraft lost is reported in Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 23, 2005, under headline "Stadt gleicht Feuermeer" which was written by the author of Pforzheim. Codename Yellowfin, Eine Analyse der Luftangriffe 1944 - 45, Ursula Moessner-Heckner. Mrs. Moessner-Heckner is a historian who was trained at San Jose State University and Berkeley in the United States of America and who also taught at San Jose State University. She has conducted extensive research on this subject in archives in Washington D.C., Stanford, London and elsewhere and has actually interviewed RAF crew members who participated in the Pforzheim air raid. She was born in Pforzheim in 1935 and grew up there. (see References Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 23, 2005, under headline "Ursula Moessner-Heckner"). Grosssachsenheim as the Luftwaffe base is reported in Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 23, 2005. Crash reported in Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 12, 2005. Crash reported in Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 28, 2005. References 83% RAF Web Site: Campaign Diary February 1945, The German army report is taken from References Pforzheimer Zeitung of February 23, 2005, under headline "Sofortmeldung nach dem Angriff". Its original in German reads: "In den fruehen Abendstunden richtete sich ein schwerer britischer Angriff gegen Pforzheim". The number of dead 17,600 is taken from Groh. The rest of the paragraph is from the