By the autumn of 1943 the bomber groups of the Eighth US Army Air Force (USAAF) based in England faced a crisis.
1943年秋，驻扎在英国的美国陆军航空兵(USAAF)第8航空队下属的轰炸机大队面临着一场危机。
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The Allied Expeditionary Air Force, comprising the British 2nd Tactical Group and the USAAF 9th AAF, was set up almost a year before the actual landing.