8th Air Force B-17 bomber raiding Focke Wulf plants at Marienburg, Germany (now Malbork, Poland), Oct 9 1943

Caption   8th Air Force B-17 bomber raiding Focke Wulf plants at Marienburg, Germany (now Malbork, Poland), Oct 9 1943
Source   United States National Archives
Identification Code   208-YE-7
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Added By C. Peter Chen

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Visitor Submitted Comments

  1. Bill says:
    29 May 2010 09:09:56 PM

    Information on above photo:

    "Virgin's Delight", a B-17F from the 94th
    Bomb Gp. over its target, the Focke Wulf
    plant at Marienburg, Ausust 1943.
    Notice in the photograph, the strike results
    by rising smoke from bomb hits, the runway at left is untouched.

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Historical Name Marienburg, Danzig-Westpreußen, Germany
Lat/Long 54.0267, 19.1364

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