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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Pacific War (Combat Aircraft)

By: Bowman, Martin

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Osprey Publishing: April 2003

Seller ID: 52909

ISBN: 1841764817

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbor during the midst of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. By the end of World War II (1939-1945), SB-17 rescue craft were saving combat crews in the waters off Japan. This book reveals why, to the public, the Flying Fortress was better known than the Spitfire, the Boeing 747, or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. The name recognition enjoyed by the B-17 was that company's reason for creating B-17 Steak Sauce and Osprey's reason to round out the saga of this great wartime aircraft.
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Wild Blue Yonder: Glory Days of the U.S. 8th Air Force in England

By: Bowman, Martin W.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Cassell: April 2003

Seller ID: 28769

ISBN: 0304364665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Lavishly illustrated, this fascinating and entertaining volume transports you back in time to hear firsthand accounts culled from hundreds of diaries, letters, and interviews with veterans. These are the captivating stories of the American airmen and British civilians and service personnel of World War II. In 1942, when the U.S. forces arrived in England, the young Americans were puzzled, amazed, and exasperated by the mysteries of British speech, food, manners--and plumbing, and the British were equally surprised by American ways. From decorated pilots to British civilians who, as children, w...
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Author:Bowman, Martin

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Pacific War (Combat Aircraft)

Wild Blue Yonder: Glory Days of the U.S. 8th Air Force in England