[Aerial photo of strategic bombing by 8th USAF, World War II - Daimler-Benz plant, where airplane engines were also built, at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart] – Antique Photo Print
![[Aerial photo of strategic bombing by 8th USAF, World War II - Daimler-Benz plant, where airplane engines were also built, at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart], 1944 Sept. 13. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/70/706deb97464e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Aerial photo of strategic bombing by 8th USAF, World War II - Daimler-Benz plant, where airplane engines were also built, at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Aerial photo of strategic bombing by 8th USAF, World War II - Daimler-Benz plant, where airplane engines were also built, at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart]
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An aerial view of the Daimler-Benz works at Sindelfingen, a town just outside Stuttgart, captured during a daylight raid by the Eighth Air Force in September 1944. The plant was known for automobiles and trucks, but it also built aircraft engines, which made it a target for American bombers striking southern Germany in the war's final years. The print comes from an album in the Carl Spaatz collection, and its caption card has been revised over time, so the exact date and other details should be treated as provisional.
| Created / published | 1944 Sept. 13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from old caption card with subsequent revisions. In album: Strategic and tactical operations, Eighth Air Force. Carl Spaatz collection. Caption card tracings: Aerial photography; World War II - Aerial operations; Geogr. file - Germany. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,013 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171610 |
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