Aerial view of blasted Messerschmitt plant.

Aerial view of blasted Messerschmitt plant. This reconaissance picture of the Messerschmitt fighter plants and ball bearing factories at Regensburg, taken six weeks after the heavy Allied daylight attacks in February, shows little or no attempt has been made to clear away the wrecked planes and debris. In all, seven of the ten large assembly-type buildings were destroyed four medium workshop buildings nearly or wholly wrecked; the powerhouse virtually destroyed; six barracks or office buildings entirely destroyed; five wings of barracks partly demolished and many smaller buildings, stores, and workshops heavily damaged. The first attack on Regensburg was carried out by Fortresses of the 15th Allied Air Force from bases in Italy Feb. 22, 1944, followed by a great all-out attack by Fortresses of the Eighth U.S. Air Force, Feb. 25, 1944.