Raid On Ball-Bearing Factories In Schweinfurt, Germany

 

 

 

Raid On Ball-Bearing Factories In  Schweinfurt, Germany.
 
 

Oct. 14, 1943. Eighth Air Force conducts the second raid on the ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany. As a result, the Germans will disperse their ball-bearing manufacturing, but the cost of the raid is high; 60 of the 291 B-17s launched do not return, 138 more are damaged.

 
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