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25th April 2008, 18:43
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Re: The best USAAF fighter pilots have been the soviets
May 12 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 353: 886 bombers and 735 fighters are dispatched to hit oil production facilities in Germany and Czechoslovakia Escort is provided by 153 P-38s, 201 P-47s and 381 P-51s Where did your other 1500 a/c come from? P-47s could barely make to the German border which leaves only the P-51s, and P-38s, for the deep escort duty. Also when it says 735 escorts not all escorts were with the bombers. Only a 1/4 to 1/3 would be with the others flying to or from the rendevous point. 
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