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"Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air Force bombed German airfield at Wiesbaden, west of Frankfurt, 11/10/44 through broken clouds. Attack, made in support of Gen. Patton's 3rd Army advance, was designed to ground German aircraft."
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Superstituous Aloysius, Bolt From The Blue
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
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