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Re: Famous picture of A-20's in New Guinea being shot down
Fifth Air Force combat tours were in terms of hours of "green ink" - time logged rather than sorties.
Some aircrew flew large numbers of missions, and crews of C-47s flying supply drops from forward airstrips would go home with many hundred combat missions logged. They were explicitly cautioned against comparing the numbers of missions flown with Eighth Air Force veterans.
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