Some 1,250 U.S. bombers, escorted by 670 fighters, deal Berlin its heaviest daylight blow, dropping 3,000 tons of bombs on transportation and industrial areas in the largest air attack of the war.
McConnell Air Force Base has recovered and injuries are few after a violent storm raked the flightline ahead of a large airshow on Aug. 25. Surprisingly little damage was inflicted on the 80 or so static display operational and historic aircraft on display.