Why American Bomber Crews Started Flying In Combat Boxes And Luftwaffe Pilots Faced 700 Machine Guns Discover how Colonel Curtis LeMay reshaped aerial warfare when he introduced the groundbreaking combat box formation that allowed B-17 Flying Fortress crews to survive some of World War II’s most dangerous missions ⚔️✈️. Explore how his three-dimensional arrangement of 18 tightly packed bombers created overlapping defensive fire that turned each formation into a flying fortress of its own, forcin