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This Day in WWII: Black Thursday
Running on Oct. 15, 2011 at 4:30 pm Eastern time in Special Events II arena. All are welcome -- bring your friends.
B-17's and P-47's vs. 109's and 190's. Using air spawns to get up to alt.
On October 14, 1943, 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses escorted by several squadrons of P-47's took off into a murky British sky to go hit ball-bearing factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. Only 33 B-17's returned to base undamaged, and 77 B-17's did not return at all. It was the highest loss to the USAAF on any mission yet and caused a pause in America's strategic raids deep into Germany. It went down in history as "Black Thursday."
Full details on the setup here:
http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/606.html?task=view
