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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

Author : Robert F Dorr

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 46,23 MB

Release : 2012-12-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1782008330

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The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. This is their fully-illustrated history. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions. Featuring photography and illustrations throughout, Robert F Dorr's account of these units is ideal for aviation and World War Two enthusiasts.



B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War

Author : Robert F Dorr

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 99 pages

File Size : 13,70 MB

Release : 2012-12-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1782009000

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Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, this illustrated volume explores how the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.



B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI

Author : Edward M. Young

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 214 pages

File Size : 35,43 MB

Release : 2012-11-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1782006907

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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.



B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 2)

Author : Martin Bowman

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 46,35 MB

Release : 2013-01-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1472800524

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The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth', who controlled 27 bomb groups for much of the war. This second of two volumes covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, period photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.





B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

Author : Robert F Dorr

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 99 pages

File Size : 20,64 MB

Release : 2012-12-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1782009019

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Book Description

The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. This is their fully-illustrated history. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions. Featuring photography and illustrations throughout, Robert F Dorr's account of these units is ideal for aviation and World War Two enthusiasts.



Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Author : Michael O'Leary

Publisher : Osprey Publishing

Page : 148 pages

File Size : 32,55 MB

Release : 2003-01-08

Category : History

ISBN :

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Book Description

Commissioned to replace the B-17, when production ended 18,475 Liberators had been made, making it the most produced American aircraft of World War II. This volume features a selection of rare company advertisements as well as detailed appendices of production details.



B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

Author : William N Hess

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 45,61 MB

Release : 2012-12-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1782008373

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Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has written the definitive account on 'his air force', featuring photographs and illustrations throughout. 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.



B-24 Combat Missions

Author : Martin W. Bowman

Publisher :

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 34,36 MB

Release : 2009

Category : B-24 (Bomber)

ISBN : 9781435112209

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Book Description

Provides detailed technical and operational information about the B-24 plane and each crewmember's weaponry and/or equipment. Chiefly includes first-hand reports of combat missions by Liberator crewmembers, many from previously unpublished oral histories.



Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Author : Edward Shacklady

Publisher : Cerberus Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,70 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Airplanes, Military

ISBN : 9781841451060

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Although overshadowed, to a large extent, by the B-17 Flying Fortress the B-24 Liberator was made in greater quantity, and used by more Allied air forces on every front of the Second World War. The first operational models were used by the Royal Air Force as a transport on the North Atlantic ferry service. The RAF Liberator I, used both as a bomber in North Africa and as a long-range Coastal Command patroller, had ASV (air-to-surface vessel) radar and four 20mm cannons. Its armament was greatly improved when powered turrets in the tail and mid-upper positions were incorporated into the Liberator II. As a heavy bomber it saw service in the Pacific with the USAAF; in North Africa and Italy with the RAF and USAAF. Specially equipped Liberators were also used to drop agents and equipment in Occupied Europe on behalf of the OSS (Office of Strategic Service), SOE (Special Operations Executive) and SIS (Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6).