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B-17E bombers of US Eighth Air...

history · 06 September 1942 · 82 years ago

B-17E bombers of US Eighth Air Force attacked an aircraft factory near Méaulte, France, without fighter escort because the fighters had failed to make the rendezvous. The raid caused no damage on the French aircraft production ; two US bombers were shot down. 

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