Kassel Raid: Story on Norfolk-based aircrew loss in WWII
Of the 35 aircraft which flew out from a Norfolk airbase to attack a target in Germany in September 1944, only four were to return. SARAH HUSSAIN tells the...
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Pen and Sword Books: The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944
On Wednesday, 27 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF’s 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters.
Source: pen-and-sword.co.uk