Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid
by Martin Caidin
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Black Thursday The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid Kindle ~ “The ‘longest day’ for the B17’s in World War II Superb” NY Times On Thursday October 14 1943 two hundred and ninety one B17 Flying Fortresses set out for a strategic bombing raid on the factories in Schweinfurt
Black Thursday The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid Martin ~ Black Thursday first published in 1960 is the masterful retelling of the bombing raid on Schweinfurt Germany on October 14 missions objective was to destroy Nazi ballbearing factories ballbearings were critical in most machinery Of 291 B17 Flying Fortresses involved in the attack 60 planes and 650 men were lost over this heavily defended region
B17 Flying Fortress Northstar Gallery ~ Boeing B17 Flying Fortress USAAF Photo Public Domain Statistics published by the Army Air Forces tell a dramatic story about the air war against Germany
Eighth Air Force Combat Losses ~ 8th AF Combat Losses in World War II The 8th AF incurred lots of losses during the Second World War The first official mission flown by the 8th Air Force personnel was four A20 Havocs borrowed from the British to an airfield in Holland in coordination with other British raids on July 4th 1942
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