Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Books - History (2/3)
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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force (Osprey)
The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions.
Contents: 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - Appendices.
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Author:
Robert F. Dorr
Details:
96 pages, 24 x 17.5 x 0.9 cm / 9 x 6.9 x 0.35 in, paperback
B-24 Liberators of the 15th Air Force / 49th Bomb Wing in World War II
The first in a planned series that presents the B-24 Liberators used by the 15th Air Force in World War II, noted B-24 historians Robert Beitling and Mike Hill present for the first time the biographies of the individual B-24s used by the 451st, 461st and 484th Bomb Groups of the 49th Bomb Wing in Italy.
As much information as is known about the individual aircraft is presented in biographical form: serial number, nickname, how the aircraft received its nickname, number of missions, original aircraft for the groups, and the ultimate fate of the aircraft. The volume will be of interest to historians, veterans and those who are interested in the B-24s that flew in the flak filled skies of the Third Reich.
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Author:
Michael D. Hill
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160 pages, 29 x 22.5 x 2.1 cm / 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.83 in, hardback
Illustrations:
300+ b&w photos
Publisher:
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2006)
ISBN:
9780764324239
B-24 Liberators of the 15th Air Force / 49th Bomb Wing in World War II
B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force (Osprey)
The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World War 2.
The stirling work of the Fifteenth Air Force is often overshadowed by the glamorous 'Mighty Eighth', yet the men flying the B-24 fought ceaselessly right through to VE Day. This is the third of five titles planned to chart the operational history of the Consolidated heavy bomber, and is the first single volume to exclusively cover the Fifteenth Air Force's B-24 units.
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Author:
Robert F. Dorr
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96 pages, 24.5 x 18 x 0.8 cm / 9.7 x 7.1 x 0.31 in, paperback
B-24 - Missions de combat - Témoignages d'équipages de Liberator au-dessus de l'Europe occupé
During World War II, the B-24 Liberator bomber was produced in greater numbers than any other American military aircraft, including the B-17. It formed the backbone of the USAAF's bombing offensive against Germany, alongside the B-17. The Liberator made significant contributions in other roles, notably in the Pacific, where - thanks to its formidable ability to bomb Japanese targets at low altitude - it provided invaluable support to the US Navy. Despite its remarkable career, the B-24 - and the aviators who flew it - was always overshadowed by its sibling, the B-17. This book aims to redress the balance between the two aircraft.
This book provides a wealth of technical and operational detail about the aircraft, every weapon and/or crew member's equipment. The heart of the book, however, is the many testimonies of combat missions flown by Liberator crew members, many of which have never been published before. The B-24 is perhaps best known for its raids over occupied Europe, with the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces. The testimonies in this book all relate to the European theater of operations. They reveal, in great detail, what it was like to fly a combat mission from the perspective of every crew member, from pilot to tail gunner.
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Author:
Martin Bowman
Details:
160 pages, 28 x 25.5 cm / 11 x 10 in, hardback
Illustrations:
300 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:
ETAI (F, 2011)
ISBN:
9782726895665
B-24 - Missions de combat - Témoignages d'équipages de Liberator au-dessus de l'Europe occupé
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