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Combat box

The combat box was a tactical formation used by heavy (strategic) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The combat box was also referred to as a "staggered formation". Its defensive purpose was in massing the firepower of the bombers' guns, while offensively it concentrated the release of bombs on a target.

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Evolution of Eighth Air Force formations

Royal Air ForceSpitfireB-17 Flying Fortresses306th91st
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Tactical formationU.S. Army Air ForcesWorld War IIAir CorpsInterlocking fire
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Fifteenth Air Force formations

Vee formationsPurple Heart
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Combat box

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Triples24
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Combat box

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related to Group combat box revisions · 16
Combat box → Although, August, B-24s, B-29 Superfortresses, Bomb Division, Eighth, Fifteenth Air Force, However, In, In October, India, LeMay, Operation Matterhorn, Pathfinder, This, Wing
related to Wing boxes · 8
Combat box → Although, B-17, Because, Eighth AF, Luftwaffe, May, The, This

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Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsIn October0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsPathfinder0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsThis0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsLeMay0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsBomb Division0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsAugust0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsOperation Matterhorn0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsIndia0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsB-29 Superfortresses0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsWing0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsHowever0.60section
Combat boxrelated to Group combat box revisionsIn0.60section

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