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Air War, 1943 - Page 2

B-17E sectional detail, ILN 1943/08/21

B-17E bomber formation, ILN 1943/08/21

Air War over Europe map, ILN 1943/08/28

Pvt. Paul Oglesby, 30th Infantry, standing in reverence before an altar in a damaged Catholic Church. Note: pews at left appear undamaged, while bomb-shattered roof is strewn about the sanctuary. Acerno, Italy. NA 1943/09/23

Marienburg FW factory bombed by U.S. 8th AF - "Precision Bombing", ILN 1943/10/23

Marienburg Focke-Wulf factory bombed by U.S. 8th AF - before and after, ILN 1943/10/23

The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on a Focke Wulfplant at Marienburg. Coming back, the Germans were up in full-force and we lost at least 80 ships-800 men, many of them pals., NA 1943/10

Dilbert cartoon created by U.S. Navy Lt. Richard Osborn - based on Navy flier name for operational errors = "dillies" - always has vacuous smile, smug self-confidence - 2 cartoons with ID, ILN 1943/10/23 - see more Dilbert cartoons Images Source: Illustrated London News, and National Archives, Patch Collection------- to next page