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Target Berlin - Mission 250, 6 March 1944

By: Wren's Park

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Wren's Park)

Last Stocked on 8/20/2020

Product Info

Title
Target Berlin - Mission 250, 6 March 1944
Publisher
Category
Author
Jeffrey Ethell, Alfred Price
Publish Year
2002
Pages
212
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147474806
MFG. Part #
0-905778-80-4
Type
Hardcover

Description

On March 6th, 1944 the Americans launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler's reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: sixty-nine heavy bombers and eleven escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. This account of the mission is a compellingly readable, skillfully researched, minute-by-minute description. It is also the first book on the subject to look at events from the perspective of both sides, drawing on material from over 160 USAAF personnel, Luftwaffe pilots, civilians and German flak gunners. Target Berlin captures the excitement and drama of the operation, bringing to the fore the mounting horror of a mission plagued by misfortune, strong defenses and bad luck. The gripping narrative also sheds light on what it was like to be in Berlin as the bombs began to fall.