A bit of interesting history

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From Pilot to POW

His B-17 bomber crippled, and knowing he was running out of time, Lieutenant George F. Perry’s only thought was how to get his crew safely back to their base in Italy.

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An Airman’s Saga

Howard Linn, a waist gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator Bomber, survived being shot down over Nazi Germany and taken prisoner.

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The Norden Bombsight: Was it Truly Accurate Beyond Belief?

The Norden bombsight was certainly advanced for its time, but in practice, it may not have lived up to its designers’ expectations.

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U.S. VIII Bomber Command: From Savannah to Glory

The U.S. VIII Bomber Command grew into a massive, powerful force and became a legend in the skies above Western Europe.

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Carrier Strike in Norway

The USS Ranger's 1943 air strike on German shipping in Norway was the only strike on the European mainland by a U.S. carrier in World War II.

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The American “Few”

Yanks flying in Britain’s RAF, 1940-1942, earned honors but paid a heavy price.

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Lessons at St. Nazaire

By Robert F. Dorr Even today, they don’t like to talk about the St. Nazaire raid. Compared to the thousand-plane raids that went deep into Germany later in World War II, the January 3, 1943, bomber mission from England to the coast of German-occupied France was small and spanned only a modest...

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