The 8th Air Force bombing raid on Münster on October 10th, 1943 was supposed to be a typical short mission into Germany. It turned out to be the largest German intercept fighter assault experienced by the 13th Combat Wing up until that time. Immediately after, the 100th Bomb group ceased to exist as an operational unit.

As seen in Episode 5 of "Masters of the Air"

(The chart I made to visualize the 13th Combat wing is a rough estimate of what their typical formations looked like. It was different that day because so many bombers dropped out.)

I used Donald L. Miller's book "Masters of the Air", Harry Crosby's book "A Wing and a Prayer"
as well as the 100th Bomb Group Foundation's website as sources.


Music 'Decoherence' by Scott Buckley released under CCBY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au