B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 2) by Martin Bowman (En

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The Boeing B-17 epitomizes the American war effort in Europe. This second of two volumes covers the 14 bomb groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth', who controlled 27 bomb groups for much of the war. This second of two volumes covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, period photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.

Author Biography

Martin Bowman was the author of the three highly-successful Mosquito volumes in the Combat Aircraft series. He has also written over a dozen titles on the 'Mighty Eighth' over the past 15 years, having interviewed many veterans both in the UK and the USA. His first volume on the B-17 in the Combat Aircraft series has been very well received.Mark Styling has worked on Osprey's Aviation list since 1994. He has written Aircraft of the Aces 8: 'Corsair Aces of World War 2', and has illustrated over a dozen titles as well as producing most of the scale drawings for the Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.

Details ISBN1841764345 Pages 96 Language English Illustrator Mark Styling ISBN-10 1841764345 ISBN-13 9781841764344 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Osprey Publishing Place of Publication Osprey Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1952 Short Title B-17 FLYING FORTRESS UNITS OF DOI 10.1604/9781841764344 Series Number 36 NZ Release Date 2002-11-14 UK Release Date 2002-11-14 Series Combat Aircraft Translated from English Author Mark Styling Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2002-11-14 DEWEY 623.74630973 Illustrations 93 b/w; 18 col Audience General AU Release Date 2012-04-30 We've got this

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