1943 ~ The US Army Air Force had its wrist slapped smartly with the loss of 147 B-17's shot down or damaged beyond repair during the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission

It made for a very expensive interruption to ball bearing production. 147 lost B-17s and injured/dead in the returned aircraft push the casualties over 1500, possibly 1800 aircrew.

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