Battle Over The Ore Mountains
The Air battle over the Ore Mountains (german: Luftschlacht über dem Erzgebirge) took place around midday on 11 September 1944 between German and American air forces over the crest of the Ore Mountains near the village of Oberwiesenthal, above the Bohemian market town of Schmiedeberg (today Kovářská in the Czech Republic). Course of the battle In 1944 many Allied air raids had the aim of destroying the synthetic oil manufacturing facilities of the German oil industry where important military fuels were manufactured for aircraft and vehicles from coal. On 11 September 1944, the Americans launched ''Mission 623''. This had ten primary targets, including Leuna (Merseburg), Lützkendorf, Magdeburg, Misburg-Anderten, Misburg (the Deurag-Nerag factory), Hanover, Böhlen (Saxony), Böhlen, Most (Czechia), Brüx, Ruhland and Chemnitz. The bombing of Chemnitz was also part of Operation Frantic. In case of bad weather many other alternative targets were chosen. In all, 1,131 bombers we ...
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