B-17 FLYING FORTRESS AIRCRAFT American Second World War Bomber History WW2

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Claims to Fame, The B-17 Flying Fortress, by Steve Birdsall and Roger A Freeman

Published by Arms and Armour in 1994, 224 pages. Hardback - c.16cm by 24cm (A48D)

From the inside front fly leaf: The Boeing B-17 is seen by many as the greatest American aircraft of all time, and, some would argue, the greatest military aircraft ever. Dubbed the 'Flying Fortress' soon after it first flew in 1935, it has come to epitomise the efforts of the Mighty Eighth and the hard-fought daylight raids against Germany. But to the pilots, crew and ground crew who flew and worked with it, the B-17 was more than a mere machine; crews felt strongly about their particular aircraft, emblazoned with nose art and individual names, and so began the theme of this new book. Although most aircraft were highly distinctive, with mission tally symbols, fighter kills, nose art and more, trying to follow the operational life and mission details of specific aircraft is particularly difficult. There was no requirement for a central register of individual aircraft in combat theatres, and many wartime records were never taken to the USA after the end of the war. Despite this, inter­nationally acclaimed aviation experts Steve Birdsall and Roger Freeman have here put together a remarkable and gen­uinely new book on this most famous of aircraft. With crews flying 25 mission tours but aircraft flying until destroyed or replaced there is clearly much scope for following a Fortress from manufacture through to eventual demise, and recount­ing the many and varied actions and exploits along the way.

Condition of the book is generally very good. The dust jacket has some minor scuffs, and light wear along the edges and corners, but the spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.

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