The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission

A detailed history of the American World War II bombing mission over Nazi Germany, by the author of The First Day on the Somme . On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany: the Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the KGF ball bearing plant. For American commanders, it was the culmination of years of planning, the day when their self-defending formations of the famous Flying Fortress