Chronology of World War II

Thursday, October 14

Bombs Falling on Schweinfurt


Bombs Falling on Schweinfurt
Bombs from the first wave of B-17s falling on Schweinfurt on 'Black Thursday'. Bombs are hitting the Kugelfischer and VKF-Werk I factories and the railroad marshalling yards just west of the downtown area, but are also falling on residential areas north and west of downtown, and some bombs are falling very wide of the mark south of the Main River and downriver to the southwest (at the lower left corner). (US National Archives)