The Mighty Eighth at War: Usaaf 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe 1943-1945

by Martin W. Bowman

Book Overview

From the beginning of World War Two the RAF's Bomber Command had been the only means of striking Hitler's Reich and its war machine. The entry into the war of the United States and the subsequent arrival in the UK of the Eighth Air Force was to more than double the Allied capability. The Flying Fortress and Liberator heavy bombers were mostly flown across the Atlantic by their young unblooded aircrew and many succumbed en route and never arrived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473822777
• ISBN13: 9781473822771
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"