Hans Jeschonnek
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Hans Wenzel Ernst Jeschonnek was a German military aviator in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I, a general staff officer in the Reichswehr in the inter–war period and Generaloberst and a Chief o
Jeschonnek in 1941
Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt
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Jeschonnek with Göring, 1941, before the deterioration of their relationship
The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission was a strategic bombing mission during World War II carried out by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the US Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943. The missio
Hans Jeschonnek
…Mussolini, that he had needed to take a gun out of Jeschonnek's hand and warned that he might try it again. On 17 August 1943 the USAAF carried out the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. The ball bearing industry was damaged but the Luftwaffe appeared to win a defensive victory. Nevertheless, Göring made an abusive phone call to…
1st Bomb Wing B-17s over Schweinfurt, Germany
The Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg obscured by smoke after it was bombed
B-17s of the Regensburg strike force flying south over the Alps on their way to North Africa
B-17s of the 379th Bomb Group, part of the Schweinfurt strike force