Flying Fortresses Ready For Bombing Of Germany -- Lined up and ready for combat these B-17 Flying Fortresses are only a small portion of the bombing might assembled in England by the U.S. Army Eight Air Force. Two years ago on Aug 17, 1942 an expeditionary force of 12 Flying Fortresses crossed the English Channel for the first time to drop bombs on enemy targets. Up to Aug. 24, 1944, Fortresses and Liberators of the Eight Air Force had flown 162,000 sorties to release about 300,000 tons of explosives on the enemy throughout Germany and German-invaded countries of Europe. September 15, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture)

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Flying Fortresses Ready For Bombing Of Germany -- Lined up and ready for combat these B-17 Flying Fortresses are only a small portion of the bombing might assembled in England by the U.S. Army Eight Air Force. Two years ago on Aug 17, 1942 an expeditionary force of 12 Flying Fortresses crossed the English Channel for the first time to drop bombs on enemy targets. Up to Aug. 24, 1944, Fortresses and Liberators of the Eight Air Force had flown 162,000 sorties to release about 300,000 tons of explosives on the enemy throughout Germany and German-invaded countries of Europe. September 15, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture)

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