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Thank you DerAdlerIstGelandet

I just read a page dedicated to the "Causes of heavy bomber damage in 8th air force" for January to may 1944. We can read that 83,7 % of the damages were due to Flak, 4,5% to 20 mmm shells, .2% was due to fire from friendly aircraft...and so on ... and that 1.4 % was "self-inflicted" damage...

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I have a report of an 8th Air Force raisd where a P-51 was lost - Cat "E". Does anyone know what this Cat "E" means ? Regards

End of mai 1944, for raids with targets in Germany, the Bomb Groups provided 12 bombers per Squadron, that is a total of 36 aircraft per Bomb Group. How many aircraft a Figther Group was supposed to provide at that time ? Thank you.

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When a B-17 was badly hit during a bomb raid, and had diffculties to follow her Combat Box, the pilot would drop the bombs in emergnecy to ligthen his ship. If the pilot was killed right away in a frontal atttack for instance, who else would be in a position to do it ; the copilot, I guess, and...

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Hello , Does any one knows which 8th Air Force pilot got the highest score in aircraft strafing ? Regards

A question about the attached chart of an 8th Air Force bombing mission. About the thin pointed arrows dealing with escort rendez vous points. We can read P-47, P38 or P51 (the escort fighters planned to join the raid at these rendez-vous points ), but what should we read close to the thin...

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Hello, I have 3 questions about WWII B-17 bombing procedure. During the last final approach to the target, the bombardier , in the glass nose of the lead aircraft, was aiming in his Norden visor. He was the one, I guess, who actived the bombs release (if so, what kind of device did he use to...