stringtranslate.com

Bombing of Wiener Neustadt in World War II

Wiener Neustadt, a city in Austria, was the target of bombing raids during World War II by the Allies.

Background

The targets in and around Wiener Neustadt included the marshalling yards, the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (WNF) aircraft factory (effectively an extension of Messerschmitt) and the Raxwerke plants of Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik (two of which used forced labor from the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp).

The three WNF plants (W.N.F. Fischamend, W.N.F. Klagenfurt, W.N.F. Bad Vöslau) were targets of the Combined Bomber Offensive against the German aircraft industry. WNF manufactured Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters and repaired Junkers bombers and heavy fighters (German: Zerstörer).[1] The Hirtenberger Patronen Zündhütchen und Metallwarenfabrik was an ammunition factory nearby.

References

  1. ^ Wernfried, Haberfellner; Schroeder Walter (1993). Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke. Entstehung, Aufbau und Niedergang eines Flugzeugwerkes. Weishaupt Verlag, Graz. ISBN 3-7059-0000-5.
  2. ^ a b Ambrose, Stephen E. (2001). The Wild Blue: The Men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 229. ISBN 0-7432-0339-9.
  3. ^ Craven, Wesley Frank; Cate, James Lea, eds. (1949). The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. II. Europe: Torch to Pointblank August 1942 to December 1943 (PDF) (Reprint ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 483–484. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Stewart, Carroll (Cal) (1996). Ted's Travelling Circus: 93rd Bombardment Group (H), USAAF, 1942 - 45 (1st ed.). Lincoln, Nebraska: Sun/World Communications. p. 244.
  5. ^ Jones, Gregg (Winter 2015). "Last Roll of the Dice: The Final Flight of Jerk's Natural". Friends Journal'. 37 (4): 39. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "The 99th Bomb Group in World War II".
  7. ^ "Air University". Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  8. ^ Ordway, Frederick I III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. pp. 74, 141. ISBN 1-894959-00-0.
  9. ^ Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in World War II. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3405-9.
  10. ^ "317th Bomb Squadron Roster". Mike Lam.
  11. ^ a b "The 464th Bombardment Group in WWII - Our Missions". Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  12. ^ Thompson, Boyd. "301st Bomb Group Mission Summary of the: 32nd, 352nd, 353rd and 419th Bomb Squadrons". 32nd Bomb Squadron, 1942 -1945. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  13. ^ Bari (1944). Fifteenth Air Force, The Air Battle of Ploesti. Italy. p. 27.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (cited by Stout p. 137) and
    The Air Battle of Ploesti Written in the Skies Over Romania by U.S. Fifteenth Air Force and 205 Group (RAF) Between 5 April and 19 August. 941st Engineering Battalion. 1945. p. 108.
  14. ^ "485th MISSIONS". 485th Bomb Group Association. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  15. ^ McKillop, Jack. "Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces, March 1945". Archived from the original on June 2, 2013.
  16. ^ "Official Home of the 450th Bomb Group Memorial Association". www.450thbg.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  17. ^ McKillop, Jack. "Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces, March 1944". Archived from the original on February 11, 2009.