Strike photo - Dortmund 16 February 1945. Official USAAF caption : "A towering column of smoke marks the site of new oil refinery at Dortmund, Germany which was attacked for the first time on Feb. 16 1945, by the U.S. 8th AF. Against the shadow of the smoke column may be seen other bombs falling directly toward it." Dortmund. Photographs, to some extent obscured by smoke and haze, taken on the 16th February after the 8th Air Force attack earlier in the day, show considerable damage centered round the power station and coking plant of Hoesch A.G. The chemical installations of the Minster-Stein coke oven plant were also hit during this attack and were still on fire some two hours afterwards. Both batteries of coke-ovens have suffered heavily and will probably be incapable of operation for at least a month. There is considerable residential damage in the vicinity of this plant.