2 Nov 1943
Austria
Austria
- The US 15th Air Force made its operational debut when 139 B-17 and B-24 bombers operating from Tunisian bases (and escorted on part of the route by P-38 Lightning aircraft) attacked the Messerschmitt subsidiary at Wiener-Neustadt in occupied Austria. The attack caused heavy damage to the plant and deprived the Luftwaffe of an estimated 250 Bf 109G-6 deliveries over the next two months. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Wiener-Neustadt, Niederdonau | AC]
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