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Old 14th June 2005, 16:56
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Re: "Pickle-barrel" bombing - where does this name come from?

Roger Freeman's new "Wolfpack Warriors" includes descriptions of the 56th FG's experiments with P-47 group bombing. They tried it under direction of an accompanying B-24 and with droop snoot P-38s. Both were unsuccessful.
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