UPL 33113
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"Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 452nd Bomb Group leave streams of condensing vapour trails, forming in the sky a pattern of doom for the Nazis to gaze upon. Their target was Dunkirk, France, As 8th Air Force bombers continually blasted at every operational enemy factory - oil refinery and airfield - to bring about a lasting peace."
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Evanton Babe
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
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