American airmen in Britain are still talking about their last raid on Bremen (TIME, April 26). Then, as never before, they took it on the chin: 16 Flying Fortresses and 144 highly trained men . went down, other planes and crews were badly shot up. At one base, the night after the raid, an entire barracks was empty. The loss was serious, its effects were prolonged. Replacements had to be whipped into shape, squadrons and crews had to be broken up to scatter the experienced survivors among the newcomers. Until May 1,...
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