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TIL that in 1945, Germany created Sonderkommando Elbe, a Luftwaffe unit whose pilots were ordered to deliberately ram Allied bombers in mid-air. Its sole mission took place on 7 April 1945, when a force of 180 Bf 109s managed to ram 15 Allied bombers, downing 8 of them.

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