If the weather had been as good for seven days as it was for three, last week would have been an Allied airman's dream week. Even in spotty weather air power dealt the Germans bitter blows.
On the best flying days, half of everything the enemy tried to move to the front was estimated to have been wiped out or halted. In the first twelve days of the offensive, Allied aircraft destroyed or damaged 775 tanks, 3,300 motor vehicles.
In the first seven flying days Allied heavies and mediums poured nearly 35,000 tons of bombs on German supply centers, pummeling the foe's...
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