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 fighters and repaired
Junkers bombers and
heavy fighters (). The
Hirtenberger Patronen Zündhütchen und Metallwarenfabrik was an ammunition factory nearby. ==References==