The Gnome and Rhone aircraft factories at Limoges in German occupied France

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The Gnome and Rhone aircraft factories at Limoges in German occupied France

The Gnome and Rhone aircraft factories at Limoges in German occupied France, which not only manufactures air engines for the Luftwaffe, but also does considerable repair work on Focke Wolf 190 engines, was successfully bombed by American 8th Air Force Flying Fortresses on 4th July 1943.
Action picture made during the attack shows: Bomb bursts spread across the adjacent aerodromes, the Gnome and Rhone plants, and (in the foreground), the southern end of the Hege Railway marshalling
yards.
4th July 1943

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