However, the B-25's as high level bombers were flying without escort fighters.

Unfortunately, the German escort fighters had climbed much higher and they were taken by surprise.

Eventually the escorting fighters, low on fuel, turn away and the bombers continue alone.

It was produced both as an escort fighter and as a bomber.

The solution was long range bombers that would carry or tow their escort fighters.

"All escort fighters, break contact and attack objective immediately," Claudia ordered.

"I'm picking up three of those monster harvest ships and ten escort fighters."

The operational method usually involved escort fighters picking up the formation on route.

The remaining bombers were now over the target and screaming for help from their escorting fighters.

In the fierce fighting, Fisken shot down two of the escorting fighters.

True to their escort fighter role, Wildcats dropped only 154 tons of bombs during the war.

Abandoned due to increasing numbers of Allied escort fighters.

He is best known as the only escort fighter pilot of the Yamamoto mission to survive the war.

Escorting fighters began peeling out of formation, engaging the gun positions.

Projects for this type were designed to overcome the great disparity in range between bombers and their escort fighters.

The story goes on to suggest that his aircraft was mistaken by American escort fighters for the enemy and attacked.

Heavy losses convinced the Americans that they needed long-range escort fighters to protect their bombers.

Using three squadrons, Park asked the first to engage the escorting fighters by 'bouncing them' out of the sun.

The nearest escort fighters dropped their own tanks and dived toward the pair of P-38s.

And behind us, about ten meters away, flying along with us like a escorting fighter, was the truck.

Galland's fighter was hit by a 20 mm round from one of the bombers escort fighters.

Changing the formation of the escort fighters results in different shot patterns and also affects the maneuvering speed.

As effective synchronising gears were now available, the type was abandoned, with none of the escort fighters being brought into production.

Because of the sluggish handling, being used as ae escort fighter had to be abandoned.

Japanese escort fighters were bound to outnumber them.