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The Inspector
 Post subject: August 17, 1943
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the 68th anniversary of the Regensberg/Schweinfurt raids on Black Thursday-

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Truly a rough month for the heavies over Festung Europa. :(

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This is the anniversary of the first Raid.

The second raid was on Oct. 14, 1943 and was BLACK THURSDAY.

My Dad was on both and Oct. 14th was TEXAS RAIDERS' return to flight in 2009.

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The Inspector wrote:
the 68th anniversary of the Regensberg/Schweinfurt raids on Black Thursday-


August 17, 1943 was a Tuesday.

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Nice to remember.Spanner, you are lucky to be here,but you probably already knew that.The best to you, my friend.HANG

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hang the expense
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Hey!, I just posted number one thousand. On to 2000.

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Hey!, I just posted number one thousand. On to 2000.

Congratulations HTE!!! :supz:

And I was there! :lol:

Care to start any rumours about B-17 or P-40 projects?

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