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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
“The first B-17 raid in Europe took place on August 17, 1942, when 12 planes attacked the railroad marshaling yards in Rouen, ...
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Every time there was a raid, we would split up and each go to a different bomber group ... I remember we had these heavy flak jackets. A B-17 is not like a modern airliner. Wires and everything ...
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The US military is trying to identify dozens of airmen who didn't make it home from a daring bomber raid on 'Hitler's gas station'
On August 1, 1943, US Army Air Force B-24 Liberators took off from bases ... The attack on Ploiești, a sweeping, low-level bombing raid, took a heavy toll on the US airmen involved: 225 of ...