. "attack on the Messerschmitt aircraft factory at Regensburg" . . . "Schweinfurt bearing factories" . . "1943-08-17" . . "Schweinfurt ball-bearing factories" . . . "ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt" . . . "191Spitfirefighter sorties" . "German victory" . "air-raid" . "17 August 1943" . . "Schweinfurt\u2013Regensburg mission" . . "Schweinfurt" . "ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt" . "268P-47fightersorties" . . "attacked at high cost" . . . . "Schweinfurt and Regensburg" . . "USAAF bombing of Schweinfurt" . . . "7KIA, 21WIA, 557MIAorPOW" . "ball bearing" . . "Regensburg" . . . "Approx. 400Bf 109,Bf 110,Fw 190and other fighters" . "Raid on Schweinfurt" . . "the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg and the ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt" . . "Schweinfurt\u2013Regensburg mission" . "60 bombers, 3 P-47s, and 2 Spitfires lost" . . "Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission" . . "376B-17heavy bombers" . . "bombing of Messerschmitt's Regensburg plant" . "58-95 bombers heavily damaged" . "first" .