Caption: "Results of B-17 attack on Messerschmidt [Messerschmitt] factory at Regensburg - 17 August 1943. First wave of attack. Photograph of the fighter assembly factory of Messerschmidt at Regensburg taken by an R.A.F. P.R.U. plane 4 1/2 hours after the plant had been attacked by B-17's of the 8th A.F. More than 700 bombs fell within the target area causing severe damage. Nearly all of the buildings are affected to some degree. The four bombs falling within the hospital area, outlined on the left, caused only slight blast damage to the building."
[Aerial view of Messerschmitt factory after aerial bombing], [2002-02-13-1098_image_431]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 05/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/7037
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