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re: 8th Air Force Twin Raids on Regensburg and Schweinfurt 8/17/43
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:47 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:47 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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8th AF had the highest casualty rate of any US combat organization in the ETO.
More guys were killed in the 8th Air Force than in the whole Marine Corps during WWII.
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 2:53 pm
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:50 pm to WhiskeyPapa
The 8th Air Force Museum is over in Pooler, GA near Savannah.
LINK
It so happens that the 8th Air Force was "Stood up" in Savannah n January 1942.
LINK
It so happens that the 8th Air Force was "Stood up" in Savannah n January 1942.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:52 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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More guys were killed in the 8th Air Force than in the whole Marine Corps during WWII.
Really?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:57 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Hans Phillip, commander of JG1, 206 victories (177 in the east):
To fight against twenty Russians that want to have a bite of one, or also against Spitfires, is a joy. And one doesn't know that life is not certain. But the curve into seventy Fortresses lets all the sins of one's life pass before one's eyes. And when one has convinced oneself, it is still more painful to force it to every pilot in the wing, down to the last young newcomer.
To fight against twenty Russians that want to have a bite of one, or also against Spitfires, is a joy. And one doesn't know that life is not certain. But the curve into seventy Fortresses lets all the sins of one's life pass before one's eyes. And when one has convinced oneself, it is still more painful to force it to every pilot in the wing, down to the last young newcomer.
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