ubject: Night bombers interception in Western Europe in 1944
From: Guy Alcala

As Chris points out, both the B-25 and B-26 were so used, in the PTO, MTO,
and ETO
(not the B-25), in the early stages. High loss rates led to the move to
medium

The B-26's were used on the deck with terrible results and were almost
instantly pulled up to 10,000 feet. After that the B-26 were the only mediums
used in the ETO replacing the slower, shorter range, smaller bombload B-25's.
The B-26 rendered the B-25's obsolescent.



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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