Mission 85 · The U.S. Eighth Air Force's Battle over Holland, August 19, 1943 (Stackpole Military History Series)

- Minute-by-minute chronicle of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's bombing mission against German airfields in Holland - Mission came just days after the famous Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid - The Americans expected an easy mission, but it proved to be anything but - Loaded with firsthand accounts from pilots and crews of bombers and fighters Minute-by-minute chronicle of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's bombing mission against German airfields in Holland Mission came just days after the famous Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid The Americans expected an easy mission, but it proved to be anything but Loaded with firsthand accounts from pilots and crews of bombers and fighters "Drawing on vivid firsthand accounts from American and German pilots and crews, this minute-by-minute chronicle reconstructs the fierce combat in the skies over Holland, describing the mistakes and misfortunes that left targets undestroyed and soured the anticipated 'milk run'"--Page 4 of cover On August 19, 1943, two days after the famous Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid, bombers and fighters of the U.S. Eighth Air Force launched attacks against German airfields in Holland - a mission they thought would be easy, a so-called milk run, but it proved to be anything but.