Battle Honours

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3:30 AM to 4:45 AM

Tuesday 19 November

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The 8th United States Army Air Force, which flew some of the second World War's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe. From their bases across Eastern England, their B-17s and B-24s took out key strategic targets in all of the major campaigns of the war, from D-Day to Big Week and from Saint-Lô to Berlin. Their P-51 Mustangs were the scourge of the Luftwaffe, combining with the fighters of the RAF to all but extinguish the Germans as a force in the air. However, the price the Mighty Eight paid for their success was high - they suffered the largest losses of any American unit in the war