How the 8th Air Force defeated the Luftwaffe
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Sign up to World of Warships with our link for a free starter pack worth €25: https://wo.ws/3YW2PoX The B-17 Flying Fortress was supposed to be a war winning weapon. But by the end of 1943 the American 8th Air Force flying them was at breaking point. German flak and fighters shot down B-17s in their hundreds, as US Strategic bombing doctrine came face to face with the realities of aerial warfare. Something had to change and change they did. Just one year later, the 8th Air Force were master
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