44th Bomb Group in World War II: The "Flying Eight-Balls" over Eure in the B-24 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the pioneer unit for what evolved from the Mighty Eighth's 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a material cost of around 200 aircraft, and a human cost of some 2,000 airmen MIA, as the 8th USAAF focused its strategic bombing campaign in the face of determined Luftwaffe opposition.

General

Imprint:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2003
Authors:	Ron Mackay
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7643-1885-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-7643-1885-3
Barcode:	9780764318856

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