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The Mighty Eighth in the second World War [[electronic resource] /] / by Graham Smith



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Autore: Smith Graham Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Mighty Eighth in the second World War [[electronic resource] /] / by Graham Smith Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newbury, Berkshire, : Countryside Books, 2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
Disciplina: 940.544973
Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Map of Eighth Air Force Airfields; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Mighty Eighth; The Eighth Air Force; The Airfields; The Aircraft; The Airmen; Yankee Doodle Goes To War; Eaker's 'Piddling Little Force'; 'Brought To The Brink Of Disaster'; From 'Black Week' To Beyond; A New Year and a New Commander; Battling to 'Big B'; 'Charged With a Most Solemn Obligation'; Focus Cats, Carpetbaggers, Night Owls...; The Restless Skies; 'When Will It All Be Over? By Christmas?'; Upwards And Onwards To Victory
The Legacy of The EighthBack Matter; Appendix A; Appendix B; Select Bibliography; Also Available
Sommario/riassunto: In May 1942, five months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the first aircraft and crews of the newly-formed Eighth US Army Air Force arrived in England. Over the next two years their numbers swelled to a massive and powerful force of bombers and fighters described by one USAAF General as 'the greatest striking force the world has ever known'. They occuped no less than 67 airfields in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire, and added a huge...
Titolo autorizzato: The Mighty Eighth in the second World War  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-43968-9
9786613439680
1-84674-809-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457883803321
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Serie: Aviation History