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The Schweinfurt task forces followed the same route as the Regensburg force. Because of the delayed start of the mission, eight squadrons of RAF Spitfire fighters (96 aircraft) from 11 Group and 83 Group had been added to escort the Schweinfurt force as far as Antwerp , where P-47s would take over and escort it to Eupen.
This was the second attack on the factories at Schweinfurt. American wartime intelligence claimed the first Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission in August had reduced bearing production by 34 percent but had cost many bombers. A planned follow-up raid had to be postponed to rebuild American forces.
Schweinfurt has a central location in Germany and is located about 40 km from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Thuringia, in the middle of Main Franconia, Germanic-speaking Europe and the European Union. Schweinfurt lies on the river Main, which connects the North Sea with the Black Sea via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal.
Regensburg: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1965 Francois Kaserne Hanau: closed 1993 Fryer Circle Housing Area Augsburg: closed 1998 Funari Barracks: Mannheim: closed 2012 except for an enclave that closed in 2014 Gablingen Kaserne Augsburg: closed 1998 General Patton Hotel Garmisch-Partenkirchen: closed 2009 General Walker Hotel Obersalzberg ...
Munich Nuremberg Augsburg Regensburg Ingolstadt Würzburg Fürth Erlangen Bamberg Schweinfurt. The following table lists the 75 cities and municipalities in Bavaria with a population of at least 20,000 on May 15, 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.
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17 August: The double-strike USAAF Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission was the third shuttle bombing. British aircraft operate diversionary attacks. 17/18 August: The Operation Hydra bombing of V-2 facilities at Peenemünde began Operation Crossbow.
Regensburg in the 16th century Ceremonial arrival at the Imperial Diet, 1711 The Free Imperial City (yellow) and the Prince-Bishopric (purple) in the 18th century. In 1245 Regensburg became a Free Imperial City and was a trade centre before the shifting of trade routes in the late Middle Ages. Regensburg has always been a place where ...