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First Strike on Berlin
The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives
the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B-17 Flying Fortresses of the
100th B.G. are attacked. Screaming in head-on, Fw190s of II./JG I charge into
the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P-47
Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B-17 gunners are working overtime,
the air is full of cordite, smoke, jagged pieces of flying metal and hot lead.
We are in the midst of one of the fiercest aerial battles of the war. |