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BLACK THURSDAY
Schweinfurt, the mission against the main ball bearing plant, which supplied most of the German war effort, was the "Gettysburg" of the 8th Air Force We lost 65 planes (60 over Germany) that day which meant 650 men were Missing in Action.
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