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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO
ISBN-13:
9781782009047
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
PDF
Seiten:
96
Autor:
William N Hess
Serie:
Combat Aircraft
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
PDF
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
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 November 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 has long been waiting to write a definitive account on ''his air force''.
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 November 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 has long been waiting to write a definitive account on ''his air force''.