Missions by the Numbers: Combat Missions Flown by the 485h Bomb Group (H) - Softcover

485th Bomb Group Association

 
9780971353831: Missions by the Numbers: Combat Missions Flown by the 485h Bomb Group (H)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0971353832 ISBN 13: 9780971353831
Verlag: Tarnaby, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This book includes mission summaries of 187 combat missions flown by the 485th Bomb Group, a 15th Air Force B-24 group stationed in Italy during WWII. Included are stories written by several members of the group that tell the complete story of a mission from the minute the coded message was received until the mission was completed. Also included is the story of a gunner who was shot down and captured and the story of a crew that struggled to make it safely through the Brenner Valley, known as “flak alley”, with severe battle damage. There are 20+ photos in this book, including several photos of bomb strikes, damaged B-24s, escort fighters and reconnaissance photos, as well as maps and charts. There is reference information on group losses and bomb types, and a sample of a pilot’s “flimsy” (secret plan for the mission) and much, much more.

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This book includes mission summaries of 187 combat missions flown by the 485th Bomb Group, a 15th Air Force B-24 group stationed in Italy during WWII. Included are stories written by several members of the group that tell the complete story of a mission from the minute the coded message was received until the mission was completed. Also included is the story of a gunner who was shot down and captured and the story of a crew that struggled to make it safely through the Brenner Valley, known as “flak alley”, with severe battle damage. There are 20+ photos in this book, including several photos of bomb strikes, damaged B-24s, escort fighters and reconnaissance photos, as well as maps and charts. There is reference information on group losses and bomb types, and a sample of a pilot’s “flimsy” (secret plan for the mission) and much, much more.

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Verlag
Tarnaby
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0971353832
ISBN 13 
9780971353831
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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