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A rookie B17 pilot on his first mission over Germany struggling home in his crippled aircraft and a veteran Me109 fighter pilot with 27 kills and over 400 combat missions flown, meet in the air. The result should have been obvious but…
Boeing B-17F radar bombing through clouds over Bremen, Germany, on Nov. 13, 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)
A B17 formation over Germany.
An Me109 of Jagdgeschwader 27.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the US Gov and the Bundesarchiv.
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A rookie B17 pilot on his first mission over Germany struggling home in his crippled aircraft and a veteran Me109 fighter pilot with 27 kills and over 400 combat missions flown, meet in the air. The result should have been obvious but…
Boeing B-17F radar bombing through clouds over Bremen, Germany, on Nov. 13, 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)
A B17 formation over Germany.
An Me109 of Jagdgeschwader 27.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the US Gov and the Bundesarchiv.

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