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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Bombers

Last Stocked on 10/1/2024

Product Info

Title
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.75x.375"
NKG Part #
2147343520
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM038
Type
Softcover
Series
COM38

Description

Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in November 1943. And the heavy bombers employed by the Fifteenth were of course the venerable B-17 and B-24. At its peak strength, the Fifteenth's B-17 force comprised six groups of four squadrons each, all controlled by the 5th Bomb Wing. Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has long been waiting to write a definitive account on 'his air force'.