B 24 Liberators Of The 15th Air Force 49th Bomb Wing In World War Ii
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B 24 Liberators Of The 15th Air Force 49th Bomb Wing In World War Ii
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Author : Michael D. Hill
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Release Date : 2006
B 24 Liberators Of The 15th Air Force 49th Bomb Wing In World War Ii written by Michael D. Hill and has been published by Schiffer Military History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The first in a planned series that presents the B-24 Liberators used by the 15th Air Force in World War II, noted B-24 historians Robert Beitling and Mike Hill present for the first time the biographies of the individual B-24s used by the 451st, 461st and 484th Bomb Groups of the 49th Bomb Wing in Italy. As much information as is known about the individual aircraft is presented in biographical form: serial number, nickname, how the aircraft received its nickname, number of missions, original aircraft for the groups, and the ultimate fate of the aircraft. The volume will be of interest to historians, veterans and those who are interested in the B-24s that flew in the flak filled skies of the Third Reich.
B 24 Liberator
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Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 1999
B 24 Liberator written by Frederick A. Johnsen and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Airplanes, Military categories.
* The not-to-be-missed, triumphant story of the B-24 Liberator bomber--the most heavily produced American military aircraft ever--told through veterans' priceless first-person recollections and snapshots * Defines the B-24's role in winning WWII, drawing on Air Force archival records and combat photos * Covers technical innovations of the V-24: the tricycle landing gear, as well as a sophisticated airfoil and flap design
B 24 Liberator Units Of The Fifteenth Air Force
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Author : Robert F Dorr
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-20
B 24 Liberator Units Of The Fifteenth Air Force written by Robert F Dorr and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-20 with History categories.
The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World War 2. The stirling work of the Fifteenth Air Force is often overshadowed by the glamorous 'Mighty Eighth', yet the men flying the B-24 fought ceaselessly right through to VE Day. This is the third of five titles planned to chart the operational history of the Consolidated heavy bomber, and is the first single volume to exclusively cover the Fifteenth Air Force's B-24 units.
A History Of The B 24 Liberator In Over 300 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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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-28
A History Of The B 24 Liberator In Over 300 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 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 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.
Ad Lib
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Author : William Carigan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Ad Lib written by William Carigan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
B 17 Flying Fortress
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Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Release Date : 2000
B 17 Flying Fortress written by Frederick A. Johnsen and has been published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
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.
Special Operations Consolidated B 24 Liberators
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Author : William Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2024-01-30
Special Operations Consolidated B 24 Liberators written by William Wolf and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with History categories.
Despite being America’s most produced bomber, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator has forever flown in the shadow of its more famous and glamorous B-17 rival. The workmanlike B-24 performed multiple unheralded roles in all theatres beyond its also multiple offensive missions, making it the war’s most versatile heavy bomber. Besides its offensive bombing, anti-submarine, and mining missions, the Liberator performed many little known “inoffensive” duties. Undoubtedly the most colorful of all Liberators were the so-called assembly ships of the Groups of the 2nd Air Division. Their unique paint schemes of stripes, polka dots, and checkerboard, were designed to make them ultra-conspicuous for their task of acting as leaders on which a Group formation could assemble their combat formations more quickly for a combat mission The Consolidated F-7 was a photographic reconnaissance version of the B-24 Liberator. The F-7 saw service in most theatres of the war. The long range of the Liberator also made it well suited to mapping missions during the war and post-war. Beginning in early 1944, to aid the Allied liberation of Europe, Carpetbagger B-24s were utilized to parachute spies, called “Joes” or “Janes”, or provide aerial supply of weapons and other matériel to resistance fighters in occupied Europe. Liberators also participated in the dropping of 2.75 billion propaganda leaflets using various techniques and delivery devices. Electronic Warfare played an important part in Allied global pre-invasion plans to discover the location of enemy radars, and, if possible, destroy them. This interception and analysis of an enemy electronic radiation was the origin of present day ELINT (ELectonicINTelligence). Modified RAF B-24D Airborne Electronic Reconnaissance Liberators, codenamed Ferret, were Radio Counter Measures and Electronic Intelligence aircraft that played a major role in European air opera¬tions. During 1942 the AAF became interested in aerial refueling as a means to bombing Japan. A shorter-range B-17E was selected as the receiver aircraft while the more spacious B-24D acted as the tanker. Although these tests were considered to be successful, the availability of longer-ranging B-29s and bases ever closer to Japan diminished the urgency of wartime aerial refueling. During the war, eighty-three B-24s crashed or made forced landings in Switzerland, sixty in Sweden, and several in Russia, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey. Many of these Liberators landed undamaged or were repaired to be flown by these nations. Of particular interest are the six Liberators that were captured and flown by the Luftwaffe. Packed with a unique collection of photographs. Special Operations Consolidated B-24 Liberators reveals the most unusual and little-known facets of the Second World War’s most versatile bomber.
In Hostile Skies
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Author : James M. Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2006
In Hostile Skies written by James M. Davis and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James "Jim" Davis piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944, attacking enemy airfields, airplane factories, railroad marshalling yards, ship yards, oil refineries, and chemical plants. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions.
B 24 Liberator Units Of The Eighth Air Force
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Author : Robert F Dorr
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-20
B 24 Liberator Units Of The Eighth Air Force written by Robert F Dorr and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-20 with History categories.
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. 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.
Famous Aircraft
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Author : Steve Birdsall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Famous Aircraft 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 1968 with B-24 (Bomber) categories.