Thunderheads Over Ridgewell by Robert Taylor (AP) SIG391 The USAAF bomber bases of

The USAAF bomber bases of WWII were situated in the heart of rural England

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As Red Dog Norleys P-51D screams across the field at hangar height with his squadrons Mustangs fanned out behind him

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Thunderheads Over Ridgewell by Robert Taylor (AP) SIG391 The USAAF bomber bases ofRT2AP. Thunderheads Over Ridgewell by Robert Taylor. In the early days of the USAAF daylight bombing campaign, before the arrival of long range fighter escorts, rarely was a mission flown without Luftwaffe interception and the ever present barrage of anti aircraft fire. The Eighth Air Force crews literally fought their way through swarms of enemy fighters and thick flak to hit their targets, then fought their way home again. Seldom a formation