Jolly22, we appreciate the enthusiasm, but I think I can speak for the folks who've been around here a while, that we'd appreciate you using the search function a bit, and not just throwing up the latest thing you've come across on google
Formation assembly ships didn't fly combat. They were used to do just that, help the combat birds form up. The Formation Assembly ships were 'war weary' bombers that were no longer used on Ops.
There was one exception on a maximum effort raid during the Battle of the Bulge time, but that's it. It wasn't that one.
