On November 7, 1943, 2nd Lt. William E. Roach of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, was flying a P-47 ...

The 1943 Battles of the Ruhr and Hamburg realized heavy destruction of German industrial resources but only at a steadily rising loss ratio caused primarily by Luftwaffe Night Fighters. With the ...

In 1943, American bombers could reach Germany, but they could not survive deep over the Reich without fighter protection. The ...

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