BOOKS - American Bomber Crewman 1941-45 (Warrior)
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American Bomber Crewman 1941-45 (Warrior)
Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Year: January 1, 2008
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 11 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 2008
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 11 MB
Language: English
Gregory Fremont-Barnes examines the lives of the American Bomber Crewmen of the Eighth Air Force, and "The Mighty Eighth and ", who crewed, maintained and repaired the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and the B-24 Liberators that flew from the airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk and other counties of England during World War II (1939-1945). He highlights the physical and psychological strain placed on these brave men. Long bombing missions called for brute strength to control the aircraft and extraordinary endurance to fly for hours at 20,000 feet at temperatures below freezing in unheated, unpressurized cabins. Then there were Luftwaffe fighters and anti-aircraft fire to contend with and it required incredible skill and some luck to return from a mission unscathed. This book is a fitting tribute to these often uncelebrated heroes who took the war deep into the Third Reich, as well as a fascinating historical account of the experiences they went through.
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