On October 14, 1943, the Eighth Air Force lost 60 B-17s and 650 airmen over Germany, forcing a reckoning with America's daylight precision bombing doctrine.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1943, the Eighth Air Force lost 60 B-17s and 594 airmen in a single afternoon over Schweinfurt, ending unescorted deep-penetration bombing over Germany.
TaildraggerThe 1943 Ploesti raid sent 178 low-flying B-24 Liberators against Hitler's oil, earning five Medals of Honor at a staggering cost.
TaildraggerHow the P-51 Mustang's Merlin engine and 1,100-mile range broke the Luftwaffe and rescued Allied strategic bombing from catastrophic failure in 1944.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1943, the Eighth Air Force launched 291 B-17s against Schweinfurt's ball bearing factories and lost 60 aircraft and 600 men in a single day.
TaildraggerOn April 26, 1937, the Condor Legion bombed the Basque town of Guernica in a three-hour attack that changed aerial warfare forever.
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