Masters of the Air — Germany
October 10, 1943 — the 100th Bomb Group's mission to Münster. Twelve of thirteen aircraft fail to return. It cements their reputation as the 'Bloody Hundredth.'
The Münster mission cost the 100th Bomb Group 12 aircraft and 120 men in a single afternoon. Four days later came Black Thursday — the second Schweinfurt raid that cost the entire 8th Air Force 77 bombers. Unescorted deep penetration missions were suspended until P-51 Mustangs arrived with the range to escort all the way to Berlin.
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