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

Informationen zum Autor Martin Bowman was the author of the three highly-successful Mosquito volumes in the Combat Aircraft series. He has also written over a dozen titles on the 'Mighty Eighth' over the past 15 years, having interviewed many veterans both in the UK and the USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Yankee Doodle Goes To War/Spreading the Wealth/'Black Thursday' and beyond/'Big Week' and 'Big B/Final Victory/Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Martin Bowman, Martin W. Bowman
• Assisted by: mark Styling (Illustration), Styling Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2000
• EAN: 9781841760216
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-021-6
• No. of pages: 116
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Osprey Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Weapons & equipment, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater