B-17F of US 94th Bomb Group over Marienburg, Germany, 9 October 1943
(US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—Oct. 9,
1943: US Eighth Air Force sends 378 B-17s and B-24s to bomb Marienburg, Anklam,
Danzig, and Gdynia—their longest mission to date, which allows them to surprise
the Germans.
