Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
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
1st Bomb Wing B-17s over Schweinfurt, Germany
Track chart of the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission
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