Operation Bielany
| Operation Bielany | |||||||
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| Part of the Second World War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Luftwaffe | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 17 people | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 8 aircraft destroyed | ||||||
Operation Bielany (Polish: Akcja Bielany) was a sabotage operation during the Second World War, organized by the Directorate of Diversion of the Home Army. At night of 3 and 4 May 1944, a small partisan division had set explosives at the Bielany Aerodrome, then used as a Luftwaffe base, successfully destroying eight aircraft, and retreating without suffering casualties.