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Title: B-17 FLYING FORTRESS UNITS OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE PART 2
By: Martin Bowman, Mark Styling (Illus)
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £11.99


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ISBN 10: 1472800524
ISBN 13: 9781472800527
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 20 January, 2013
Series: Combat Aircraft
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 title covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division.
Synopsis: 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.
Illustrations: 93 b/w; 18 col
Publication: UK
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Returns: Non-returnable
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