Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces
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title:
Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces
text:
The Scouting Forces were several fighter flights formed by Eighth Air Force during World War II with a mission to check for Anti-Aircraft (flak) sites; weather conditions, and for Luftwaffe interceptor airfields and units in advance of heavy bomber missions over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany. These flights were created by Colonel Bud J. Peaslee, commander of the 384th Bombardment Group. Colonel Peaslee suggested this to General James Doolittle in 1944 as a way to gather real-time intelligence
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force_Scouting_Forces
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date modified:
2024-02-28T12:52:42Z
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13
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