A Tale of Two Brothers On March 18, 1943, seventy-six B-17 bombers, accompanied by twenty-seven B-24 bombers, departed England for a daring daylight bombing mission against U-Boat pens in Vegesack, near Bremen, close to the North Sea coast of Germany. Tags: World War IIB-17 Flying FortressB-24 LiberatorDuchessMathis BrothersJack MathisMark MathisArmy Air ForceCongressional Media of HonorNorden Bomb Sight Read more about A Tale of Two Brothers