five months. This mission was enshrined in fiction as the "Hambrucken raid" in Beirne Lay and Sy Bartlett's novel, Twelve O'Clock High. It provides a reasonably accurate view of the thinking behind the planners' intention and the decisions that led to the abandonment of the goal of launching a double strike in such a way that the second strike would meet no aerial opposition; and of the action in the air itself. The Schweinfurt portion of the mission also formed the framework for the novel The War Lover, by John Hersey. In the early 1990s, the raid was depicted for the first time in a video game, as a playable mission in Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. Notes Footnotes Citations Bibliography Bishop, Cliff T.(1986). Fortresses of the Big Triangle First, Overy, Richard. (1995) Why the Allies won. W.W Norton & Company. "Combat Claims & Casualties", transcriptions of RAF and VIII Fighter Command summaries by Tony Woods External links Maj.Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, Jr., "Balaklava Redeemed", Air University Review, 1974 , a detailed analysis of the concept and leaders by a World War II strategic bombing planner "Bombing of Schweinfurt," from the Third Reich in Ruins webpage by Geoff Walden - then-and-now photos of the bombing of Schweinfurt. "Reality... Remembering Scheinfurt" by Wally Hoffman - a first hand account of the bombing raids over Schweinfurt by a member of the 8th Air Force. Aerial operations and battles of World War II Conflicts in 1943 1943 in Germany Messerschmitt Regensburg Rolling-element bearings 20th century in Bavaria Schweinfurt World War II strategic bombing conducted by the United States