27794 COPYNEG AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE U.S. ARMY.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, aerial view from a reconnaissance plane of the U.S. 8th Air Force Flying Fortress shows result of the bombing of the huge Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg on the Danube River near the Austrian border, Aug. 17, 1943. Messerschmitt is one of the principal producers of fighter planes for the Luftwaffe. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)