World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF GERMANY: Rendezvous the Vistula

BATTLE OF GERMANY (East)

Out of the westering sun, U.S. Flying Fortresses appeared over Warsaw. They had flown 900 miles from Britain, with an escort of Mustangs most of the way. Now all but a handful of the Mustangs had turned back, but fresh fighter cover was provided by the Red Air Force, flying from the east. In the clear afternoon light the Forts had little difficulty in finding the areas designated for the drops. Then they went on to a base in Russia.

The previous week, the Russians themselves had finally started to drop...

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