MILITARY · WAR MEMORIAL

United States Army 8th Air Force

Arlington, Virginia
Historical Marker Database · Devry Becker Jones
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On 14 October 1943, in Mission No. 115, airmen of the United States Army 8th Air Force attacked and destroyed the ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt, Germany, overcoming overwhelming odds and savage defiance in what those who were there knew as Black Thursday.
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Arlington, Virginia · United States

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