Bases_01.doc - StealthSkater

13 August 1944: 72 B-17s take off from Fifteenth Air Force bases in Italy, 3 have various problems; the others bomb Francazal Airfield, just south of Toulouse, France and then proceed to the UK; 62 P-51 Mustangs (part of the shuttle-mission force) and 43 from the UK provide escort; no aircraft are lost; 70 B-17s and 58 P-51s land in the UK; 5 B ... ................
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