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Flak-Grossbatterie Panzerkaserne, Schweinfurt - Related Files

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	301st BG (H), Mission 329, Flak-Tower, Vienna 23 Aug 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 472 B-24s and B-17s supported by P-51s and P-38s bomb the S industrial area of Vienna, the Wiener-Neudorf aircraft engine factory, Vosendorf oil refinery, and Markersdorf Airfield, and attack targets at Ferrara, Italy, missing a river bridge but hitting a synthetic rubber factory. Flak-Tow...		11/29/2005	618
	Flak-Towers in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground anti-aircraft gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids on certain cities during World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower		09/04/2009	59
	Building the Autobahn A71 Some placemarks and an overlay to help you find the construction sites of the last section of the A71, connecting Thuringia with Bavaria. This section between Erfurt and Schweinfurt was finished in summer 2005. More info: www.A71.de (in german)		03/30/2006	212
	Kemps Dam, 7 October 1944 The Kembs Dam. This was another No 617 Squadron special operation. The Kembs Dam on the Rhine, just north of Basle, held back a vast quantity of water and it was feared that the Germans would release this to flood the Rhine valley near Mulhouse, a few miles north, should the American and French troops in that area attempt an advance. The Squadron was asked to destroy the lock gates of the dam. ...		10/20/2005	304
	German Anti-Aircraft Emplacement Moerdijk Bridge This German anti-aircraft emplacement (FLAK) was build on top of a Dutch casemate, at the north side of the Moerdijk Bridge. The FLAK-emplacement was part of the Baupunkt 97 of the Stutzpunktgruppe Moerdijk.		08/31/2009	47
	Strike photo of Regensburg 17.08.1943 The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission was an air combat battle in World War II. A strategic bombing attack flown by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943, it was conceived as an ambitious plan to cripple the German aircraft industry. The mission was also known as the "double-strike mission" because it entailed two large forces of bombers attacking separate...		08/10/2007	888
	Wien IV (Vienna - Overlay) The bombs dropped on February 21st 1945 missed its target, the Suedbahnhof (Southern Central Station). The quay near Ausstellungsstrasse were hit. The bombers overrun the initialpoint Michelbach and raninto the flak at Moosbierbaum. The second part of the formation didn't trust the curse correction of the leading first formation and left formation. The first section had the corre...		08/13/2005	401
	Vienna Flak-Towers Flak towers (German: Flakturm) were large AA gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to prevent overflights of key areas in certain cities in World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence. With concrete walls up to 3.5m thick these towers were considered to be invulnerable to attack with the usual ordnance carried by Allied bombe...		11/23/2005	660
	461st BG (H), Mission 185 (Red Force), Ora Marshalling Yard 28 February 1945 The busy month of February ended with another double header mission. The target for both Forces was the marshalling yard at Ora, Italy. Major Roberts, still flushing from his promotion, completed his tour of combat duty by leading the Red Force on this mission. The bombs were dropped visually on this "hot" target for a score of 15.6 percent. Nine of th...		05/12/2007	442
	461st BG (H), Mission 13, Bad Voslau Airdrome 23 April 1944 When the crew members learned at briefing that they were to attack their first target in the Vienna Area, they fully realized that they were now in the big time. Before our Group hit its target the 304th Wing had performed an outstanding job in practically demolishing the buildings at the Airdrome. Uncovering the three flights of each Section in approaching the targ...		01/22/2009	248
	Strasshof (Overlay) March 1945, Strasshof (Austria), The train station was bombed with 100lb bombs. Four bombers were hit by flak, two went down.		08/13/2005	714
	Graz III (Overlay) March 1945, Graz (Austria), only four bombers of the 461st Bombardment Group attacked the Central Station. Three were damaged by flak, but the target was hit.		08/13/2005	482