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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) Martin Bowman

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) By Martin Bowman

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) by Martin Bowman


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Summary

With archival photographs and 1/96 scale drawings, this volume describes the American B-17 Flying Fortress day bomber units. The detailed text includes crews explaining their experiences in battle during the massive daylight bombing raids on Germany.

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) Summary

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) by Martin Bowman

The Boeing B-17 has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, the huge four-engined heavy day bomber taking the fight to Germany from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. The primary operator of the Flying Fortress in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth'. This volume, which is the first of two dealing exclusively with the 'Mighty Eighth', covers the 15 Bomb Groups of the First Air Division, each of which controlled four squadrons. The evolution of the force is traced through first-hand accounts of those individuals that took part in the action.

About Martin Bowman

Norwich-based Martin Bowman has written several volumes on the Mosquito, plus countless works on the USAAF. Mark has illustrated several books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He has recently switched mediums from airbrush to Mac art, and has produced some of the best profiles Osprey has used to date in Combat Aircraft 18

Table of Contents

Yankee Doodle Goes To War/Spreading the Wealth/'Black Thursday' and beyond/'Big Week' and 'Big B/Final Victory/Appendices

Additional information

GOR001968857
9781841760216
1841760218
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) by Martin Bowman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20000417
116
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