The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission on August 17th, 1943 was a very ambitious bombing raid that went horribly wrong.. The 100th Bomb group took particularly heavy losses and helped earn their unfortunate nickname
"The Bloody 100th".
As seen in Episode 3 of "Masters of the Air"
Music - 'Within Our Nature' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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