DEFEAT OF THE LUFTWAFFE

OCTOBER 1943 – JULY 1944 14 OCTOBER 1943 US Eighth Air Force attacks Schweinfurt ball-bearing factories, losing 60 out of 291 aircraft. NOVEMBER 1943 P-51 Mustang long-range fighters begin flying with Eighth Air Force bombers. 1 JANUARY 1944 US Strategic Air Forces in Europe formed under command of General Spaatz. 20 FEBRUARY 1944 Start of “Big Week” attacks on German aircraft industry. 24 MARCH 1944 Last RAF attack in the”Battle of Berlin” launched the previous November. 26 JULY 1944 First kill by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter At the start of the Second World War, the German air force was second in size only to the Soviet air force, and was the most advanced in terms of the quality of equipment and the training of its pilots. The air…

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All About History Book Of World War II (Digital) - 1 Issue, All About History Book Of World War II 3rd Edition

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