B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1)
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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) by Martin Bowman
The Boeing B-17 has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, the huge four-engined 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.Norwich-based Martin Bowman has written several volumes on the Mosquito, plus countless works on the USAAF.
Mark Styling is better known to readers of Osprey Publishing's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series as the profile artist for such books as Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937–45 and P–61 Units of World War 2. A full-time commercial artist, Mark works from his home in the East London suburb of Hackney.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841760216 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841760218 |
| Title | B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 1) |
| Author | Martin Bowman |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2000-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 116 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |