The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The Flying Eight-balls over Europe in the B-24 - Couverture rigide

Mackay, Ron

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0764318853 ISBN 13 : 9780764318856

Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the "pioneer" unit for what evolved from the "Mighty Eighth's" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a material cost of around 200 aircraft, and a human cost of some 2,000 airmen MIA, as the 8th USAAF focused its strategic bombing campaign in the face of determined Luftwaffe opposition.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ron Mackay's interest in military aviation began during WWII. The local Coastal Command airfield at his birthplace of Wick, in northern Scotland, provided a wealth of British and American designs with which to stimulate his interest; postwar National Service with the RAF sustained that interest. A working knowledge of German has further extended his field of study into the Luftwaffe. To date, he has produced 25 books covering the aforementioned Allied and Axis Air Forces that include several co-authored projects; a further number are in the process of completion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0764318853
• ISBN 13: 9780764318856
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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