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Dear all,

are you familiar with any mission of the 8th Air Force's fighters when wing tanks were dropped on ground targets to set them on fire? I am with one - the 20th FG attacked rail traffic this way in the Nürenberg area on February 20, 1945.
Source: HESS, William N. 'Down to Earth : Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force, p. 49

Thanks! Regards, Filip