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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force - Part 2

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Bombers

MSRP old price: $22.95


Product Info

Title
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force - Part 2
Publisher
Category
Author
Martin Bowman
Publish Year
2002
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398065
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM036
Type
Softcover
Series
COM36

Description

The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomize the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth', who controlled 27 bomb groups for much of the war. This second of two volumes covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division. Firsthand accounts, period photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.