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Cool video of B17 flying out of Renton, Wa over the Cascades
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<blockquote data-quote="Bugnatr" data-source="post: 1394542" data-attributes="member: 1339"><p>Dozens?</p><p></p><p>"During World War II, its predecessor unit, the <strong>487th Bombardment Group (Heavy)</strong> was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" target="_blank">Eighth Air Force</a> heavy bombardment unit in England, stationed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lavenham" target="_blank">RAF Lavenham</a>. It flew 185 combat missions, the last being on 21 April 1945.</p><p></p><p>It led the largest Eighth Air Force mission of the war on 24 December 1944. The object of the attacks, in which 1,400 bombers took part, escorted by 726 fighters, was to bomb eleven German airfields east of the Rhine while another 634 heavy bombers attacked communication centers west of the Rhine."</p><p></p><p>Mind boggling to say the least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugnatr, post: 1394542, member: 1339"] Dozens? "During World War II, its predecessor unit, the [B]487th Bombardment Group (Heavy)[/B] was an [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force"]Eighth Air Force[/URL] heavy bombardment unit in England, stationed at [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lavenham"]RAF Lavenham[/URL]. It flew 185 combat missions, the last being on 21 April 1945. It led the largest Eighth Air Force mission of the war on 24 December 1944. The object of the attacks, in which 1,400 bombers took part, escorted by 726 fighters, was to bomb eleven German airfields east of the Rhine while another 634 heavy bombers attacked communication centers west of the Rhine." Mind boggling to say the least. [/QUOTE]
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