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The B-17 - The Flying Forts

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 : 0743434706
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The B-17 - The Flying Forts written by Martin Caidin and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone. But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of America's most formidable heavy bomber of the war. The B-17: The Flying Forts recreates a vanished era and a great and gallant plane -- a plane that could absorb three thousand enemy bullets, fly with no rudder, and complete its mission on two engines. A plane that American pilots flew at Pearl Harbor, Tunis, Midway, Palermo, Schweinfurt, Regensberg, Normandy, and Berlin, in thousands of missions and through hundreds of thousands of miles of flak-filled skies. A plane that proved itself in every combat theater as the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.

Flying Forts

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345283085
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Flying Forts written by Martin Caidin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1979-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the B-17, her prewar trials, the pilots who flew her and her action packed role in World War II

B-17 - THE FLYING FORTS

Author : Martin Caiden
Publisher : iBooks
ISBN 13 : 9781596874732
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book B-17 - THE FLYING FORTS written by Martin Caiden and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone. But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of America's most formidable heavy bomber of the war. The B-17: The Flying Forts recreates a vanished era and a great and gallant plane -- a plane that could absorb three thousand enemy bullets, fly with no rudder, and complete its mission on two engines. A plane that American pilots flew at Pearl Harbor, Tunis, Midway, Palermo, Schweinfurt, Regensberg, Normandy, and Berlin, in thousands of missions and through hundreds of thousands of miles of flak-filled skies. A plane that proved itself in every combat theater as the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.

The B-17 Flying Fortress

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780760309339
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The B-17 Flying Fortress written by Robert Jackson and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2001 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete development and service histories of all variants from 1934 to 1945. Archival photos, line drawings, and color profile plates. Identifies the famed units that flew the bomber over Europe and the Pacific.

B-17 Combat Missions

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853677540
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book B-17 Combat Missions written by Martin W. Bowman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-17 Flying Fortress is, along with the British Avro-Lancaster, the most famed heavy bomber of World War II. More than 12,000 B-17s were built and the planes were the mainstay of the Eighth Air Force's campaign of daylight precision-bombing raids on targets in Germany and the occupied territories. Unsurprisingly, given the B-17s pre-eminent role in the war, many books have been published on the aircraft and the men who flew in them. These fall into two categories. On one hand there are the largely text-only books recounting the experiences of the airmen who flew B-17 missions (most famously, Brian D. O'Neill's Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer, and John Comer's Combat Crew); on the other are the many illustrated books that focus mainly on the plane's technical development and capabilities. Uniquely, B-17: Combat Missions combines the two approaches, describing in detail both the technical role of each crew-member, and following this up with extensive first-hand reports, many drawn from previously unpublished oral histories, showing what it was like to be, for example, a ball-turret gunner or a co-pilot. Equipment is described in detail, as is what it was like to use it. Throughout the book, the text is accompanied by newly commissioned and archive photos. In the introductory and final chapters, daily life is described for the airmen when not flying on missions. Photos of magazines, posters and other items of memorabilia evoke the atmosphere of the time, complementing the vivid picture drawn of the brave men of the US Eighth in action in the 'wide blue yonder'. AUTHOR: Martin Bowman is the author of eighty-six books on USAF/USN and RN/RAF operations. For many years he has been a frequent contributor of photographic and written articles to Flight International, Rolls-Royce Magazine, and Aeroplane Monthly. Major General Lewis E. Lyle (USAF Retd) led the 379th bomb group in World War II. SELLING POINTS: * The first fully illustrated book to combine operational and design information with first-hand accounts of combat missions * More than 200 photographs * Newly researched oral histories featured throughout

Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138769524X
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Book Synopsis Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid by : Martin Caidin

Download or read book Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid written by Martin Caidin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-25 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Caidin's Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid tells of the United States Air Force's massive bombing raid into Nazi Germany's industrial heartland on Thursday, October 14, 1943. On that fateful day two hundred and ninety one hulking B-17 Flying Fortresses - escorted by squadrons of nimble P-47 Thunderbolts - miraculously fought their way through swarms of Messerschmitt Me-109's, Focke-Wulf FW-190's, Heinkel He-113's and more on their way to cripple the enemy's vital ball-bearings plant at Schweinfurt.

B-17 Flying Fortress

Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book B-17 Flying Fortress written by Frederick A. Johnsen and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-17 pioneered the concepts of strategic bombardment. This work gives technical detail along with little-known facts and stories, as well as accounts of missions, production, avionics, development and the people behind the development of the B-17.

Flying Forts

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Flying Forts written by Martin Caidin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Forts

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Bantam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780553287806
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Flying Forts written by Martin Caidin and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 1990-09 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the B-17, its prewar trials, the pilots who flew it, and its action-packed role in World War II

Fw 190 Sturmböcke vs B-17 Flying Fortress

Author : Robert Forsyth
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846039416
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Fw 190 Sturmböcke vs B-17 Flying Fortress written by Robert Forsyth and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in the best-selling Duel series, Osprey Publishing presents the horrifying aerial clash between a fighter and a bomber. The Fw 190 was one of the best air superiority aircraft of World War II. When it first appeared over the Channel in 1941 it sent shockwaves through the Allied air commands. By 1944, these fighters had been up-gunned to serve as the front line of defence against the Allied bombing campaign. Although the Fw 190s were responsible for shooting down hundreds of Allied bombers, they met their match against the United States Air-Force B-17 'Flying Fortress.' Capable of carry 4,000 lbs of bombs and bristling with .50-cal machine guns, the B-17 could sow death in every direction. Using brand-new artwork and first-hand accounts, this book recreates the deadly drama in the skies above Germany in 1944.

B-17 Flying Fortress in Combat Over Europe

Author : Tomasz Szlagor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788362878918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book B-17 Flying Fortress in Combat Over Europe written by Tomasz Szlagor and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-17 Flying Fortress epitomized the American airpower for most of the Second World War. It was by far the most effective weapon to carry out the strategic, daylight bombing campaign in Europe. The battles fought by B-17 crews during raids on such tough targets as Schweinfurt, Berlin or Ploesti were nothing short of epic. The combined effort of the two US Army Air Forces, 8th and 15th, stationed in England and Italy respectively, eventually denied the enemy the means to wage war and sealed the fate of the European Axis powers and their allies.

B-17 Flying Fortress

Author : William N. Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-17 Flying Fortress written by William N. Hess and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ofcourse 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.

The Saga of Pappy Gunn

Author : George Churchill Kenney
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387652567
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book The Saga of Pappy Gunn written by George Churchill Kenney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saga of Pappy Gunn is the biography of heroic World War 2 Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel Paul Irving Gunn.

American Airpower Comes Of Age—General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold’s World War II Diaries Vol. II [Illustrated Edition]

Author : Gen. Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251523
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book American Airpower Comes Of Age—General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold’s World War II Diaries Vol. II [Illustrated Edition] written by Gen. Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 180 maps, plans, and photos. Gen Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold, US Army Air Forces (AAF) Chief of Staff during World War II, maintained diaries for his several journeys to various meetings and conferences throughout the conflict. Volume 1 introduces Hap Arnold, the setting for five of his journeys, the diaries he kept, and evaluations of those journeys and their consequences. General Arnold’s travels brought him into strategy meetings and personal conversations with virtually all leaders of Allied forces as well as many AAF troops around the world. He recorded his impressions, feelings, and expectations in his diaries. Maj Gen John W. Huston, USAF, retired, has captured the essence of Henry H. Hap Arnold—the man, the officer, the AAF chief, and his mission. Volume 2 encompasses General Arnold’s final seven journeys and the diaries he kept therein.

Classic Warplanes

Author : Doug Richardson
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780831714062
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Classic Warplanes written by Doug Richardson and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1991-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed account charts the history, development and operational career of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, complete with over 80 photographs, full color artworks, performance tables and technical diagrams.

Fortress Against The Sun

Author : Gene E. Salecker
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306817152
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Fortress Against The Sun written by Gene E. Salecker and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most often remembered for its role in the air war against Germany, no book has ever before been devoted to the B-17's Pacific operations. The author combines technical and operational detail with eyewitness accounts by crews and commanders to present a fascinating account of a famous aircraft at war.

BOEING B-17 Flying Fortress

Author : Graeme Douglas
Publisher : Remainders
ISBN 13 : 9781416139669
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book BOEING B-17 Flying Fortress written by Graeme Douglas and published by Remainders. This book was released on 2000-05-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual offers a unique perspective on what it takes to restore and operate a B-17 Flying Fortress, as well as a wonderful insight into the engineering and construction of this remarkable airplane. The B-17 is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. Although Boeing’s B-17 prototype first flew on July 28, 1935, only a relative handful of B-17s were in the Army Air Corps inventory when America’s war started on December 7, 1941. But production quickly accelerated, peaking at 16 airplanes a day in April 1944, before ending in May 1945 with a total of 12,726 aircraft delivered. The B-17 served in every World War II combat zone but is best known for daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets. B-17s from the Eighth Air Force participated in countless missions from bases in England. These missions often lasted for more than eight hours and struck at targets deep within enemy territory. Because of their long-range capability, formations of Flying Fortresses often flew into battle without fighter escort, relying on their own defensive capabilities. G model Fortresses carrying thirteen .50-cal. machine guns and tight formation flying made famous by the motion picture 12 O’Clock High ensured successful missions.