B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

William N Hess (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2003
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
9781841765808 (ISBN)

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Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as "minor leaguers" by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a "major league" job on axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in 1943. And the heavy bombers employed by the Fifteenth were of course the venerable B-17 and B-24. At its peak strength, the Fifteenth's B-17 force comprised six groups of four squadrons each, all controlled by the 5th Bomb Wing. Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess provides an account of "his air force".

William Hess is the official historian for the American Fighter Aces Association, and is one of the most highly respected aviation writers of his generation. A B-17 crewman during World War 2, Hess has written over 40 books during his long and distinguished career. This is his third title for Osprey. Mark Styling has illustrated several books in both the Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He has recently switched mediums from airbrush to Mac art, and has produced some of the best profiles Osprey has used to date in Combat Aircraft 18: 'B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force' (part I) and Combat Aircraft 22: 'Mitsubishi Type I Rikko Betty Units of World War 2'.

CHAPTER ONE
THE NUCLEUS

CHAPTER TWO
NORTH AFRICA

CHAPTER THREE
FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE

APPENDICES
COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY
INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.2.2003
Reihe/Serie	Combat Aircraft
Illustrationen	Mark Styling
Zusatzinfo	79 b/w; 16 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 248 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9781841765808 / 9781841765808
Zustand	Neuware