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B-24 Bridge Busters

Author : Colin Pateman
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-24 Bridge Busters written by Colin Pateman and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B-24 Bridge Busters: RAF Liberators over Burma and Thailand provides a gripping and detailed account of RAF Liberator missions against the Japanese in Asia. British and Commonwealth aircrews displayed great gallantry in many instances on low-level precise bombing sorties destroying specific targets, including a great number of bridges constructed by the Japanese in their conquest to reach India. A number of detailed accounts are based upon personal flying logbooks and other unique material originating from the pilots and aircrews. 159 Squadron was the first four engined heavy bomber squadron which flew from India and operated over Burma. They instigated greater accuracy in destroying a multitude of vital targets. The legendary film The Bridge over the River Kwai (1957) evokes images that are historically set in celluloid; however, that blockbusting film had separated fact from fiction and this book examines the true events that took place through Bridge Busting , including techniques developed and deployed by the RAF against the Japanese.

B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849083428
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI written by Edward M. Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the B-24 Liberator, the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces, the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its missions. This book shows how, despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.

Unlike Any Land You Know

Author : James Vesely
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595096999
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Unlike Any Land You Know written by James Vesely and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers," the men and planes of the 490th Bomb Squadron became famous as the "Burma Bridge Busters." From late 1942 to the end of the war, their incredible feats of low-level bombing and strafing of Japanese-held bridges, airfields, and troop facilities in occupied Burma hindered the Japanese advance in Asia, and provided critical air support for the allies fighting on the ground. The author's uncle, a radioman/waist gunner in the 490th, was killed on a mission in the waning days of the war. This book is both a search for his memory, and a tribute to the squadron in which he proudly served and sacrificed his life—the "Burma Bridge Busters." The author was born and raised in Chicago. In addition to writing and traveling, he is an avid fisherman, hunter, and scuba diver. He has published Seasons of Harvest, a three-volume historical novel, and is at work on a second novel titled Cumberland Road. This book is his first nonfiction work.

The Army Air Forces in World War II: The Pacific, Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Four: The Pacific, Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915893
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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The Bridgebusters

Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621575438
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Bridgebusters written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

B-25 Mitchell Units of the CBI

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147282038X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book B-25 Mitchell Units of the CBI written by Edward M. Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying from and between bases in China and India, the B-25s bombed every type of Japanese target during World War 2 in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre, ultimately dropping more ordinance than their larger four-engined B-24 Liberator brethren. Mitchell bombers took on the task of disrupting the flow of Japanese supplies to the frontlines at medium ranges, bombing Japanese supply centres, railway depots and bridges. It was in this last capacity that the B-25 established a unique role as a 'bridge-buster'. This provided significant support for the British Fourteenth Army as they advanced into Burma. Fully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book tells the important, yet forgotten story of B-25 operations in the CBI Theatre and the important role that this aircraft played on the road to victory.

The Chester White Swine Record

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Chester White Swine Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chester White Swine Record

Author : Chester White Swine Record Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chester White Swine Record written by Chester White Swine Record Association and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915850
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

7th Bombardment Group/Wing, 1918-1995

Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781563112782
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book 7th Bombardment Group/Wing, 1918-1995 written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om den amerikanske "7th Bombardment Group/Wing" og dens indsats under såvel 1. som 2. verdenskrig, hvor den var aktiv både i Stillehavskrigen og over Europa.

No Average Day

Author : Rona Simmons
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826275060
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book No Average Day written by Rona Simmons and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Tuesday, October 24, 1944, nearly three years after the United States entered World War II, over 2,600 Americans perished—more than on any other single day of the conflict—yet the day remains overshadowed by more widely remembered dates in WWII history. Drawing from the accounts of men from diverse backgrounds who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps, Rona Simmons offers a gripping retelling of the fateful day, hour by hour and incident by incident. The book begins with Army Private First Class Paul Miller’s demise in a prisoner of war camp and ends with the death of Navy Seaman Second Class Wanza E. Matthews after the Japanese submarine I-56 attacked his ship off New Guinea. The sinking of the Japanese “hellship” Arisan Maru—a lesser-known tragedy of the war—looms large, deftly interwoven through each part of the narrative. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of No Average Day is its attention to the human side of conflict, telling the stories of ordinary individuals—clerks, radio operators, cooks, sailors, machinist mates, riflemen, and pilots and their air crews—as they grapple with the horrors of the war. Despite its narrow focus, or perhaps because of it, No Average Day reveals the vastness of World War II through a consideration of the largely overlooked events that unfolded on what, for members of the US Armed Forces, was its deadliest day.

Combat Chronology: 1941-1945

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915435
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Combat Chronology: 1941-1945 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Liberators Over the Atlantic

Author : Jack Colman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781556504
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Liberators Over the Atlantic written by Jack Colman and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] is an informative and personal account of a young man's flying experiences during the Second World War. Growing up in York, Jack Colman achieved his long-held desire to become a pilot by joing the RAF in October 1940, just after his twenty-first birthday. Sent to Canada to learn to fly, he became intrigued by the technical and practical aspects of flying and navigation. Promoted to pilot/navigator, [he] joined Coastal Command on Liberators based in Iceland. The practical difficulties of flying over the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean protecting the convoys and hunting U-boats are relived as he battled with atrocious weather and navigational uncertainties. His brushes with death - in training and when operational, whether due to mechanical failure, flying into the sea, U-boat gunfire, or running out of fuel in an ever changing hostile environment - are described realistically and calmly."--Book jacket.

The Army Air Forces in World War II

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1004 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Army Air Forces in World War II written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Combat Chronology, 1941-1945

Author : Kit C. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Combat Chronology, 1941-1945 written by Kit C. Carter and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

B-25 Mitchell Units of the CBI

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472820371
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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