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“ with its airmen, virtually untouchable in their ‘flying fortresses’”

The casualty rate for US B-17 pilots flying in Europe during WW2 was roughly 50%. It was higher in 1943, before there was fighter support. The B-17 attacking Schweinfurt on 10 October 1953 suffered 22% casualties (killed and POWs) - on one day.

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