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22nd January 2010, 22:00

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Dropping wing tanks on ground targets

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

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