Wiener Neustadt, a city in
Austria, was the target of
bombing raids during World War II by the Allies.
Background
The targets in and around Wiener Neustadt included the marshalling yards, the
''Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke'' (WNF) aircraft factory (effectively an extension of Messerschmitt) and the
Raxwerke plants of ''
Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik'' (two of which used
forced labor from the
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp).
The three WNF plants (W.N.F.
Fischamend, W.N.F.
Klagenfurt, W.N.F.
Bad Vöslau) were targets of the
Combined Bomber Offensive against the German aircraft industry. WNF manufactured
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War an ...
fighters and repaired
Junkers
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded there in Dessau, Germ ...
bombers and
heavy fighters (german: link=no,
Zerstörer).
The
Hirtenberger Patronen Zündhütchen und Metallwarenfabrik was an ammunition factory nearby.
References
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