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Books : B-17 Combat Missions Fighters, Flak, and Forts: First-hand Accounts of Mighty 8th Operations Over Germany


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by: Martin Bowman







Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781853677540
Format: Import
ISBN: 0760789355
Label: Greenhill Books
Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
Publication Date: 2007
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Sales Rank: 2278121
Studio: Greenhill Books








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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Another Look at the Mighty Eighth!
More books have probably been written about the 8th Air Force than all other WWII USAAF Air Forces combined. The latest 8th AF book, by Martin Bowman, takes a somewhat fresh approach to the subject, blending first-hand combat accounts with color photographs of B-17 interiors/exteriors and the equipment used by Flying Fort crewmen.

Each chapter in Bowman's book describes a crew position (navigator, pilot, ball gunner, etc.), telling that individual's duties and environment followed by ... Read More




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