U.S. Air assault on Poznan. Huge clouds of smoke almost completely obliterate the target area as 8th U.S.

U.S. Air assault on Poznan. Huge clouds of smoke almost completely obliterate the target area as 8th U.S. Air Force Flying Fortresses strike targets in Poznan, Poland, Easter Sunday, April 9, 1944. One of the three largest buildings at the Focke-Wulf 190 fuselage and parts plant and the marshalling years, which serve troops on the Russian front, received heavy concentrations. Poznan was one of the longest trips made by the 8th Air Force but was not a record mission.