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Old 04-23-19, 10:38 AM   #11
hunter301
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Not to quibble, but do they give a date for the missions? The first raid, on August 17, 1942, consisted of 12 B-17Es. By the end of that year there were only three bomb groups comprising 36 aircraft. By April 1943 they were running multiple bomber boxes, each made up of 54 planes.

Actually at the beginning of their career a couple dozen B-17s is realistic and historically accurate.
Not really sure.
You gotta remember that was almost 20 years ago.
All I know is it was so much grander the game when you modded it out like that. The skies full of planes fighting and protecting.
Watching bombers spiraling into a death dive.
"I love it. God help me I do love it so!" George C. Scott as Patton ...LOL
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