8th USAAF Report--- The War is in our favor. The Bombing Campaigns are going as expected though the losses in Machines being destroyed or damaged beyond nominal repair is Too High. Still seems this German Luftwaffe has Good Numbers to throw at the Fleets so We will have to target their production more. The airfields in France have took a beating but still it is a constant battle because the Germans with all their Slave Labor can repair them in a short amount of time. I have received complaints from General Eisenhower on whether We can get Air Superiority on the French Coast for 'Operation Overlord' and of course in the South for 'Anvil'. Ike says We must have it. With Our production of 'Forts' and 'Liberators' back in the States it should be achievable by April/May. A decision will have to be made soon on the Abbey at Cassino. I believe it will have to be bombed and destroyed. For the Ground Troops to take a position as the Abbey will be Too Expensive in Blood. This one decision may cost Me in the future but to End the War before '46/'47 and save countless lives it is One I will make.
