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

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Bombers

Last Stocked on 12/10/2022

Product Info

Title
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (Part 1)
Publisher
Category
Author
Martin Bowman
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.75x.375"
NKG Part #
831662334
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM018
Type
Softcover
Series
COM18

Description

The Boeing B-17 has come to epitomize the American war effort in Europe, the huge four-engine 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.