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but suffered terrible losses during the Battle of Britain before transferring to the Eastern Front at the outset of Operation Barbarossa

2nd June 1879 by Harry Payne

blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust

Fortress at Rest by Richard Taylor. (AP) SHN3 DHM6393APBDHM6574AP. Fortress at Rest by Richard Taylor. The bomber crews of the US Eighth Air Force rightfully earned their place in the annals of aviation history through heroism and devotion to duty. Flying their first mission from England on Independence Day, 4th July 1942, using A 20 Havocs borrowed from the RAF, until their final full scale mission of the war on 25th April 1945, the bomber crews of the Eighth had become one of the most highly decorated