Marauder Mission through hell – Flak decimates a B-26 Bomb Group

Kermit Weeks’ ultra-rare 1940 Martin B-26 Marauder flies over an ominous cloud bank. (Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicturecompany)

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FOR CENTURIES, FEBRUARY 14, ST. VALENTINE’S DAY, has been associated with the exchange of love notes by adoring couples. Traditionally, this day was set aside for giving gifts from the heart, but on February 14, 1945, there was not much love for mankind as WW II and the devastation that followed staggered through another year. There was still a lot of “giving,” though, as Allied planes pounded Axis Germany in around-the-clock bombing raids. The “giving”...

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