CLEAN SWEEP: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942-45

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Discusses the creation, development, and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe. On August 7, 1942, 12 B-17 bombers from the Eighth Air Force's 97th Bombardment Group out of Britain bombed the Rouen-Sotteville railroad marshaling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would continue to the end of the war. Packed with first-hand accounts.