
On this day in history, January 27, 1943, US Eighth Air Force launches bombing offensive over Nazi Germany
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The U.S. Eight Air Force attacked the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on this day in history, Jan. 27, 1943, marking the start of the American bombing offensive in Europe in World War II.
"War tested me. But I had survived. And the experience had given me not only a broader perspective on life, but a confidence in myself I had never known before." "I knew what it meant to look my own fear in the face and do my duty." — Bomber pilot Tom Landry "The long, slow death spiral of a bomber with its crew on board is a terrible thing to see." — Andy Rooney, "My War" American bombardier Joseph Heller channeled his mental anguish in the tragic-comic 1961 antiwar novel "Catch-22." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
A total of 55 bombers dropped 137 tons of bombs on warehouses, industrial plants and U-boat docks on the port of Wilhemshaven on the North Sea on Jan. 27.