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Second Raid on Schweinfurt

Second Raid on Schweinfurt was a battle fought in 1943 at Schweinfurt, in what is now Germany. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Schweinfurt. It was part of Pointblank directive. The recorded result: German victory.

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Fought1943
WhereSchweinfurt, Germany50.050N, 10.233E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeGerman victory
BelligerentsEighth Air ForceagainstLuftwaffe
Part ofPointblank directive

Record

Date1943 (year precision)
PlaceSchweinfurt, Germany
50.050N, 10.233E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength291 B-17 Flying Fortresses; 60 B-24 Liberators (diverted)
Casualties and losses3 P-47 fighters; 77 B-17s lost
Second Raid on SchweinfurtSecond Raid on SchweinfurtBattle of KissingenBattle of WürzburgBattle of WürzburgCyriakus-SchlachtSkirmish of GoßmannsdorfBattle of KissingenSkirmish of GoßmannsdorfFrankfurtNürnbergMannheimWiesbadenRegensburgJenaGießenHof100 km50.050N, 10.233E
Placed at Schweinfurt; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Second Raid on Schweinfurt is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7443488, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Schweinfurt raid, revision 1385487538, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.