1st Air Division 8th Air Force Usaaf 1942-45 - Bomber Bases of Ww2 Series by Martin Bowman

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1st Air Division 8th Air Force Usaaf 1942-45 - Bomber Bases of Ww2 Series by Martin Bowman

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Part of Aviation Heritage Trail Ser series

Summary

Covers the units who flew the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress. This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would have gone. It covers museums and places that are relevant.

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1st Air Division 8th Air Force Usaaf 1942-45 - Bomber Bases of Ww2 Series by Martin Bowman

As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater of Operations from September 1943 until April 1945. All squadrons within the division flew the long-distance Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber on raids into occupied Europe and Germany. There were forty-eight squadrons in the division based at Bassingbourn, Ridgewell, Nuthamstead, Podington, Chelveston, Thurleigh, Molesworth, Kimbolten, Grafton Underwood, Polebrook, Deenethorpe and Glatton.

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SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781844154531
ISBN 10 184415453X
Title 1st Air Division 8th Air Force Usaaf 1942-45 - Bomber Bases of Ww2 Series
Author Martin Bowman
Series Aviation Heritage Trail Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published 2007-05-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.