There were the infamous raids on the ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt. (At the time the allies didn't have escort fighters with sufficient range, and the bombers suffered heavily.)
But AFAIK those targets were selected based on pre-war "traditional" intelligence what the likely bottleneck resources would be, not statistical analysis of captured equipment.
Except that the data on the number of tanks, thier increased weight and number of wheels, pointed to a likely increase in the need for bearings. (And all the other wheeled non-tank things too.)
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There were the infamous raids on the ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt. (At the time the allies didn't have escort fighters with sufficient range, and the bombers suffered heavily.)
But AFAIK those targets were selected based on pre-war "traditional" intelligence what the likely bottleneck resources would be, not statistical analysis of captured equipment.
Except that the data on the number of tanks, thier increased weight and number of wheels, pointed to a likely increase in the need for bearings. (And all the other wheeled non-tank things too.)