B 17 In Action
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B 17 In Action
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Author : Larry Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
B 17 In Action written by Larry Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Captioned photos, illustrations, and brief text describe the design, development, and uses of the American bomber.
B 17 Flying Fortress In Action
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Author : David Doyle
language : en
Publisher: In Action
Release Date : 2015
B 17 Flying Fortress In Action written by David Doyle and has been published by In Action this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
The B-17 Flying Fortress dropped more bombs than any other US aircraft in WWII and is arguably the iconic bomber of that epic conflict. During the 10 years in which it was produced, a total of 12,731 of the B-17 heavy bombers rolled off the assembly lines of Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, and Lockheed's subsidiary Vega. First flown in 1935, the aircraft was repeatedly modified, upgraded, and perfected in response to combat experience. Also highlights the roles played by individual aircraft and their crews, including Memphis Belle, which completed 25 missions over enemy territory; Stage Door Canteen, christened by Winston Churchill's daughter; and All American, which demonstrated the incredible toughness of the Flying Fortress by returning safely to base despite having its tail nearly sheared off by a Messerschmitt.
B 17 In Action
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Author : Steve Birdsall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
B 17 In Action written by Steve Birdsall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with B-17 bomber categories.
B 17 Combat Missions
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
B 17 Combat Missions written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with B-17 bomber categories.
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
Boeing B 17
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Author : Graham M. Simons
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Boeing B 17 written by Graham M. Simons and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with History categories.
“Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress . . . undoubtedly outshines other books on this significant WWII aircraft.” —Air Mail The Boeing B-17 was the first American heavy bomber to see action in World War II when it was supplied to the RAF. The design originated in 1934 when the US Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce air forces in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. For its time, the design included many advanced features, and Boeing continued to develop the aircraft as experience of the demands of long-distance flying at high altitude was gained. When the United States entered WWII, production of the aircraft was rapidly increased and it became the backbone of the USAAF in all theaters of war. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Heavy bomber, reconnaissance, antisubmarine, and air-sea rescue operations; there were few roles that this solid design could not adopt.
Flying Fortress
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Author : Edward Jablonski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-06-09
Flying Fortress written by Edward Jablonski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-09 with History categories.
*Don t get the wrong edition: Get the corrected edition This 2014 edition includes corrected material based on Edward Jablonski s handwritten notes in his file copy of the original publication (ISBN: Paperback 978-1-62654-904-3 and Hardback 978-1-62654-867-1). Renowned throughout the world for its strength and destructiveness, the Flying Fortress was one of the greatest fighting airplanes of all time. In this comprehensively documented biography, Edward Jablonski tells the story of the Flying Fortress Boeing B-17, America s legendary long-range bomber. From the B-17's near death in infancy to the emergence of its successor, the Superfortress, "Flying Fortress" captures the exhilarating career of the B-17 with thrilling accounts of the exploits of these planes and their pilots. In this unforgettable history, Jablonski details the Fortress s role in the strategic and tactical issues of air war, and chronicles the B-17 s roles in famous raids including Regensburg, Marienburg, Munster, Schweinfurt, Dresden, and Berlin, along with its part in great battles, such as D-Day. Masterfully written, "Flying Fortress" is a classic in aviation literature with over 400 illustrations (many unpublished action photos) in addition to a section on the design of the Flying Fortress, which includes a number of detailed cutaway drawings. Approximately 60 pages from the Flying Fortress s Piloting Manual are also featured herein. Find out why the Flying Fortress ultimately redefined the concept of war. Edward Jablonski, life-long aviation enthusiast, served in the field of artillery during WWII and was a member of the Society of WWI Aero Historians and the American Aviation Society. Historian, biographer, and critic, Jablonski has written a number of books on aviation history and American cultural personalities."
The Boeing B 17
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Author : Ben Skipper
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2023-02-16
The Boeing B 17 written by Ben Skipper and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-16 with History categories.
The B-17 Flying Fortress, a term coined by a Seattle Daily Times report in 1935, was a quantum leap in offensive air power. Designed for a nation whose foreign policy was still deeply isolationist, and an Air Corps whose in-service bomber fleet was dominated by bi-planes, the B-17, with its four engines, huge wingspan, enviable payload – almost double that of contemporary bombers – and all metal construction, ushered in a new age. For an aircraft of its size and relative complexity the B-17’s design and development was heralded by a host of key innovations with the unveiling of the XB-15 (Boeing 294), including engine access crawl ways, enhanced endurance and massive load capacity. Within a year the Y1B-17 or Model 299 had refined ideas from the XB-15 and produced a sleek, attractive-looking aircraft. By 1937 all testing had been completed and the first 12 aircraft were delivered to 2nd Bombardment Group for assessment. At the start of the Second World War the still-new B-17 was just beginning to fill the ranks of US bomber squadron’s and by early 1941 the B-17C, arguably the fastest B-17 built, was flying in RAF Service. The B-17 was soon flying over Europe with the newly-created United States Army Air Forces, as well as taking the fight to the Japanese in the Pacific and to the Axis in the Mediterranean. When production of the B-17 was halted in April 1945, at which point the B-17 had been supplanted by the B-24 in the Pacific, over 12,700 B-17s had been built. The type would bow out as a bomber not long after the war’s end, though a few would soldier on as SB-17 air-sea rescue aircraft. Ultimately the B-17 would fly with 26 countries. This Flight Craft title offers the modeler an exciting selection of photographs, illustrations and showcase examples to help build their own version of this icon of the skies.
Lightning Strikes
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Author : Andy Hartles
language : en
Publisher: Cerberus Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Lightning Strikes written by Andy Hartles and has been published by Cerberus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with B-17 bomber categories.
Inspired by a photograph taken during an emergency landing at an airfield near the author’s home, this is an account of the life and death of the Flying Fortress called ‘Lightning Strikes’ 42-3073, from its construction in a factory in California in late 1942 to its loss in the skies above Germany just over a year later. Having survived a crash landing, and several times shot-up in action, ‘073 finally fell to the guns of Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters on the second day of ‘Big Week’, the war’s heaviest series of bombing raids, in which the Allies inflicted fatal damage on the Luftwaffe. It is also a tribute to the fifteen crews who flew in ‘Lightning Strikes’ at various times during her career, of which only one crew survived intact to complete their tour. Focusing on the story of the airplane itself rather than a particular crew, the author has obtained first-hand combat accounts from seven of ‘073’s former pilots, bombardiers and gunners, with contributions from other veterans of the 401st Bombardment Squadron with which she served, and additional material from a number of relevant literary and personal sources. As part of the celebrated 91st Bomb Group based at Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire, ‘073 and her sister-ships took part in some of the most momentous missions of the US Eighth Air Force, and her career spanned the critical phase of the daylight bomber offensive. Many of the technical and tactical developments which shaped ‘073’s operational career are included in the narrative, as are aspects of the character and ethos of the wartime aviators, and their impact upon the civilian communities they were stationed among.
B 17 Flying Fortress
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Company
Release Date : 1992
B 17 Flying Fortress written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by Osprey Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with B-17 bomber categories.
The symbol of the United States Army Air Force in Europe, the B-17 Flying Fortress is arguably the most famous American Bomber. In this book, packed with lavish colour photographs, Michael O' Leary presents a pictorial account of those B-17s kept flying today by a hard core army of devoted followers.
A History Of The B 17 Flying Fortress In Over 400 Photographs Stories And Analyisis Including The U S Army Air Forces In World War Ii Combat Chronology 1941 1945 American Air Power In Wwii
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
Release Date : 2015-08-01
A History Of The B 17 Flying Fortress In Over 400 Photographs Stories And Analyisis Including The U S Army Air Forces In World War Ii Combat Chronology 1941 1945 American Air Power In Wwii written by and has been published by Jeffrey Frank Jones this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-01 with categories.
PREFACE The chronology is concerned primarily with operations of the US Army Air Forces and its combat units between December 7, 1941 and September 15, 1945. It is designed as a companion reference to the seven-volume history of The Army Air Forces in World War 11, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The research was a cooperative endeavor carried out in the United States Air Force historical archives by the Research Branch of the Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center. Such an effort has demanded certain changes in established historical methodology, as well as some arbitrary rules for presentation of the results. After International and US events, entries are arranged geographically. They begin with events at Army Air Forces Headquarters in Washington then proceed eastward around the world, using the location of the headquarters of the numbered air forces as the basis for placement. For this reason, entries concerning the Ninth Air Force while operating in the Middle East follow Twelfth Air Force. When that headquarters moves to England in October 1943, the entries are shifted to follow Eighth Air Force. The entries end with those numbered air forces which remained in the Zone of the Interior, as well as units originally activated in the ZI, then designated for later movement overseas, such as Ninth and Tenth Air Forces. The ZI entries do not include Eighth and Twentieth Air Forces, which were established in the ZI with the original intent of placing them in those geographical locations with which they became historically identified. For these two units, original actions are shown either under AAF or in their intended geographic area of location. All times and dates used are those of the area under discussion. The entry "1/2 Jun" indicates that an event occurred during the night between the two given dates, while "1-2 Jun" indicates an action over a period of time. In dealing with people, again arbitrary decisions were implemented. For military men below the general officer or equivalent level, full grade and name were used. For general officers and those of equal grade in other US and foreign services, the complete rank (both that at the time first mentioned and the highest rank held prior to the end of the war) and name will be found in the index. Only an abbreviated rank (e.g., Gen or Adm) and last name are used in the text. The exception is where two general officers had the same last name; in such cases, the first name is also included. Similarly for civilian leaders, only the last name is used; full name and title are given in the index. Location of all towns, islands, etc., is also made in the index. In all cases, attempts were made to cite place names in use by the native population at the time of or immediately before the war. No names imposed by a conqueror are used. For example Pylos Bay, not Navarino Bay, is used. Further, as appropriate, native geographic terms are used: Shima for island in. Japanese island groups, See for lake in Germany. However, two exceptions were made. In cases in which the place became infamous because of the actions of the conquering power, that name is preferred-for example Auschwitz would be used rather than the Polish name of Oswiecim. Also, in larger international cities, such as Roma, Koln and Wien, the anglicized name is used. Where a village or hamlet was difficult to locate or where there were several such places with the same name in a general area, the coordinates are given in the index. In some cases, with no extant navigational aids of the attacking force, the best possible guess was made based upon all available evidence. In other instances, such as the bridge at Hay-ti-attacked so often by Tenth Air Force-- a logical guess could not be made. In these cases, a question mark is placed in brackets after the index entry. Accent marks, such as umlauts, were omitted.