The Kassel Raid Disaster

27th September 1944: Only four planes out of thirty-five B-24s from the 445th BG survive the round trip from their USAAF base in England

A B-24 Liberator bomber goes down during a mission over Europe - while the formation stays together at bomb release, with one plane also on fire.

By the Autumn of 1944 the USAAF Eighth Air Force was a mature fighting machine. Every day it launched bombing raids deep into occupied Europe and was gradually destroying the German war industry. Fighter escort…