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Schweinfurt-regensburg 1943 ― Eighth Air Force's Costly Double Strike
- 系列名：Air Campaign
- ISBN13：9781472838674
- 出版社：Osprey Pub Co
- 作者：Marshall L.; iii Michel; Jim Laurier (ILT)
- 裝訂／頁數：平裝／96頁
- 規格：24.8cm*18.4cm (高/寬)
- 出版日：2020/01/21
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This is a new history of the U.S. Army Air Force’s pioneering but costly raids on Germany's Messerschmitt and ball-bearing factories in World War II.
In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings. Schweinfurt in southern Germany was home to much of the ball-bearing industry and, together with the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, it was targeted in a huge and innovative strike.
Precision required that the targets were hit in daylight, but the raid was beyond the range of any existing escort fighter, so the B-17s would go in unprotected. The solution was to hit the two targets in a coordinated “double-strike,” with the Regensburg strike hitting first, drawing off the defending Luftwaffe fighters, and leaving the way clear for the Schweinfurt bombers. The Regensburg force would carry on over the Alps to North Africa, the first example of U.S. “shuttle bombing.”
Although the attack on Regensburg was successful, the damage to Schweinfurt only temporarily stalled production, and the Eighth Air Force had suffered heavy losses. It would take a sustained campaign to cripple the Schweinfurt works. However, when a follow-up raid was finally launched two months later, the losses sustained were even greater, and nearly a thousand U.S. airmen were killed on the two operations. This title details the “double strike” in full, exploring the tactics, aircraft, and events of this historic mission.
In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings. Schweinfurt in southern Germany was home to much of the ball-bearing industry and, together with the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, it was targeted in a huge and innovative strike.
Precision required that the targets were hit in daylight, but the raid was beyond the range of any existing escort fighter, so the B-17s would go in unprotected. The solution was to hit the two targets in a coordinated “double-strike,” with the Regensburg strike hitting first, drawing off the defending Luftwaffe fighters, and leaving the way clear for the Schweinfurt bombers. The Regensburg force would carry on over the Alps to North Africa, the first example of U.S. “shuttle bombing.”
Although the attack on Regensburg was successful, the damage to Schweinfurt only temporarily stalled production, and the Eighth Air Force had suffered heavy losses. It would take a sustained campaign to cripple the Schweinfurt works. However, when a follow-up raid was finally launched two months later, the losses sustained were even greater, and nearly a thousand U.S. airmen were killed on the two operations. This title details the “double strike” in full, exploring the tactics, aircraft, and events of this historic mission.
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