By Martin Caidin
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For this much-heralded mass assault the German fighter pilot and his machine to say nothing of the American bomber and its crew ^were untested and unproven. To their credit, the Germans quickly, after initial B-17 operations, took heed of the threat that grew with alarming speed, and funneled extensive activities into the development of defenses to oppose the daylight raids against Germany which the B-17's and B-24's promised. — — In their eariy attacks against the Fortresses bristling with heavy-caliber machine guns, the Germans proved pooriy trained and ill-prepared for the new method of air warfare.
For this target, what size bombs? Incendiaries to high explosives in what proportion? All bombs internal, or thousand-pounders also to be slung beneath the wings? What about weather: at take-off, on the route, over the target, on the way home, and for landing? Escort? How far can the fighters provide cover? Thunderbolts or Spitfires, or both in a coordinated outward- and inward-bound escort mission? On a large wall in front of the five officers is a giant map of Europe.. The heartland of the enemy.
This was a flight made up of all flyable captured Allied aircraft, which visited German units to teach pilots the details and the the techniques of our aircraft. It was a brilliant — move. Unit ^including the leaders actually flew the captured airplanes B-17 and were able thus to develop their attack techniques with what must be considered a unique advantage for a — fighter force. we learned anything from the lessons of our air war in was that it is impossible to label any aspect of that fantastic struggle in simple black and white.