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[Music] 20 b-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the American 8th Air Force take to the skies in heavy fog from RAF Framlingham they are the first aircraft to take off from the first air task force that will bomb the bf 109 fighter factories in the Bavarian town of Regensburg the 2nd and 3rd task forces will leave to hit the ball bearing factories of Schweinfurt deemed crucial to the German military vehicle production later in the day the mission has been delayed for fog but due to a series of miscommunications over the delay the Bombers taking off from Framlingham have taken off 45 minutes early at 7:15 a.m. the remainder of the Regensburg task force begin to depart from their bases across the East of England miraculously no aircraft collide in the low-level fog and the 146 b-17s from the 7 bomb groups begin their climb in their designated group assembly areas it will take 3 hours for the Bombers to climb to altitude and form up into three combat wings it's the 17th of August 1943 and