The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in Februar-- targeting German aircraft production plants-- to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over Berlin, the combined US Air Force - Royal Air Force forces' round-the-clock campaign bottled up the German army in Normandy. Day after day, the American bomber boys watched their comrades burn to death in blazing bombers,...