The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission was a strategic bombing mission during World War II carried out by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the...

second attack on the factories at Schweinfurt. American wartime intelligence claimed the first Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission in August had reduced bearing...

production. Schweinfurt was bombed 22 times during Operation Pointblank by a total of 2,285 aircraft. The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission caused an immediate...

which were bombed by the Allies on August 17, 1943, in the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, and on February 5, 1945, during the Oil Campaign of World War...

100th Bomb Group during World War II and follows bomber crews on dangerous missions to destroy targets inside German-occupied Europe. The show portrays the...

again deal with a single day of action (The Nuremberg Raid, The Schweinfurt–Regensburg Mission and The Peenemünde Raid) while others cover longer air battles...

missions, including the Regensburg section of the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission of August 17, 1943. In that mission, he led 146 B-17s to Regensburg,...

return leg they bombed the Italian naval base at La Spezia. Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission, 17 August 1943: The 4th Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air...

raids into Germany, beyond the range of escort fighters. The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission in August lost 60 B-17s of a force of 376, the 14 October attack...

production with an attack on an aircraft factory at Regensburg as part of the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission on 17 August 1943. On 10 October 1943, the bomb...

the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, the 1st and 3rd Air Divisions of the Eighth were to destroy many German ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt, Germany...

of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing, August–September 1942 Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill, Battle of Ioribaiwa, September 1942 Second Battle...

from the 8th Air Force on a historic two-pronged attack on Schweinfurt-Regensburg. This mission marked the deepest penetration into Germany to date. Captain...

aerial victory on 12 August 1943. On 17 August 1943, during the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, he was killed in action following combat with Republic P-47...

strategic bombing missions from RAF Ridgewell. The group had the highest losses of all groups on first Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission on 17 August 1943...

U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. 1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George...

would be attacked in the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission attacked at high cost in August. attacked in the Second Raid on Schweinfurt in October and also causing...

American bomber crew losses were high. One such example was the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, which resulted in staggering losses of men and equipment. The...

controlled by the Allies. : Heavy loss of Allied bombers in the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. : Operation Crossbow begins with Operation Hydra when the RAF...

might try it again. On 17 August 1943 the USAAF carried out the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. The ball bearing industry was damaged but the Luftwaffe appeared...

countries Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission was a strategic bombing mission during World War II Regensberg (disambiguation), alternative to Regensburg This disambiguation...

targeted the German aircraft industry on 17 August 1943 in the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. Two Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from the 4th Bombardment...

weapons and manpower, 1939–1945 (1984) Middlebrook, Martin. The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943 (1983) Mierzejewski, Alfred...

successes against the USAAF Eighth Air Force—the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission and Second Raid on Schweinfurt were defensive victories won at an exorbitant...

August in the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. The bombers of the 1st Bombardment Wing headed for the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt. At 11:50, the...

the two Schweinfurt-Regensburg missions. On 17 August 1943, 230 USAAF bombers launched a mission against the ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt and another...

commander, and then Jafü-Holland, from Woensdrecht to combat the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. Several gruppen made contact with the bombers. 16 claims were...

These weapons could cause high losses to the bombers. The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission on 17 August 1943 caused serious damage to ball-bearing factories...

Neustadt Bf 109 factory 17 August: The double-strike USAAF Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission was the third shuttle bombing. British aircraft operate diversionary...

Bomb Division a month later. Schweinfurt was the primary target of a larger mission in which aircraft factories at Regensburg were to be attacked simultaneously...