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Author : Gerald Astor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-09-01
The Mighty Eighth written by Gerald Astor and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with History categories.
In the skies of World War II Europe, the Eighth Air Force was a defining factor in turning the tide against the Nazis. In these gripping oral histories, the sacrifice, savagery, and supremacy of the “Mighty Eighth” is described by those who experienced it...and survived it. At the outbreak of World War II, America was woefully unprepared for a fight, though Europe was already years into the battle. Soon, though, America’s war machine was rolling out pilots, engineers, planes, and materials in astounding numbers. It was called the Eighth Air Force—and it would hit the Nazi juggernaut like a lightning bolt. Launching a then-groundbreaking campaign of daylight bombing runs, the men of the Eighth would suffer more casualties than the entire Marine Corps in the Pacific theater. But they would also prove to be the most effective weapon against the enemy, taking out strategic targets such as munitions plants and factories that were vital to the German war effort and grinding them to a halt. In The Mighty Eighth, the men who fought in the greatest air war in human history tell their stories of courage and camaraderie as only those who were there can tell them.
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-09-30
The Mighty Eighth At War written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with History categories.
“Relates how the American Eighth Air Force bombers helped Britain's Royal Air Force in fighting Germany during World War II.”—ProtoView From the beginning of World War II, the RAF’s Bomber Command had been the only means of striking Hitler’s Reich and its war machine. But the entry into the war of the United States—and the subsequent arrival in the UK of the Eighth Air Force—would more than double the Allied capability. The Flying Fortress and Liberator heavy bombers were mostly flown across the Atlantic by their young, green aircrew, and many succumbed en route and never arrived. Flying in northern Europe was a different ball game from American skies and it took a considerable time before the crews familiarized themselves with the vagaries of fog, low cloud, rain and snow. The American bombers bristled with defensive armament and elected to fly in close defensive formation during the day, leaving the RAF to carry out nighttime raids. With the arrival of long-range protective escort fighters, the task became a little easier. This book is the story, including many firsthand accounts, of how the American bomber force helped fight to eventual victory, by decimating German industry and transport systems—and breaking the Nazi war spirit.
The Mighty Eighth In Wwii
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Author : J. Kemp McLaughlin
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
The Mighty Eighth In Wwii written by J. Kemp McLaughlin and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On an early morning in the fall of 1942, Kemp McLaughlin's group set out for a raid on a French target. Immediately after dropping its bombs, McLaughlin's plane was hit. A huge fire burned a four-foot hole in his wing, his waist gunner bailed out, his radio operator was wounded, the plane lost all oxygen, and his pilot put on a parachute and sat on the escape hatch, waiting for the plane to explode. And this was only McLaughlin's first sortie. McLaughlin went on to pilot the mission command plane on the second raid against Schweinfurt, the largest air raid in history, which resulted in the destruction of 70 percent of German ball bearing production capability. McLaughlin also participated in the bombing of heavy water installations in Norway. The Mighty Eighth in WWII also includes the stories of downed pilots in France and Holland who traveled under the cover of night through the countryside, evading the Nazis who had seen their planes go down. As a group leader, McLaughlin was responsible for the planning and execution of air raids, forced to follow the directives of senior (and sometimes less informed) officers. His position as one of the managers of the massive sky trains allows him to provide unique insight into the work of maintenance and armament crews, preflight briefings, and off-duty activities of the airmen. No other memoir of World War II reveals so much about both the actual bombing runs against Nazi Germany and the management of personnel and material that made those airborne armadas possible.
The Mighty Eighth
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Author : Roger Anthony Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2000
The Mighty Eighth written by Roger Anthony Freeman and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The US 8th Air Force was based in the UK from 1942 onwards, spread exclusively across East Anglia and operating from over 40 locations. The remains of some of these sites can still be found and a few are still airfields. The 8th flew intensive bomber and fighter sorties over Europe. Over 2000 aircraft, mostly B-17s, B-26s and P-47s, involving 150,000 men and a vastly sophisticated supply chain, were engaged in a ceaseless war of high-altitude daylight precision bombing that did much to secure eventual Allied success.
The Mighty Eighth In Wwii A Memoir
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Author : J. Kemp McLaughlin USAFR (Ret.)
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2006
The Mighty Eighth In Wwii A Memoir written by J. Kemp McLaughlin USAFR (Ret.) and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Mighty Eighth In The Second World War
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Author : Graham Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Mighty Eighth In The Second World War written by Graham Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Electronic books categories.
The Mighty Eighth War Manual
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Author : Roger Anthony Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2001
The Mighty Eighth War Manual written by Roger Anthony Freeman and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Putting into the air the largest striking force ever committed to battle was a highly complex task and remains one of the great achievements of the war. With more than three hundred photographs and dozens of line drawings, this book relates the procedures and the improvisations that lay behind the success of this mighty air force. Over 1,700 aircraft at a time, involving 15,000 men and a vastly sophisticated supply chain, were engaged in a ceaseless war of high altitude daylight precision bombing that did much to secure eventual allied success.
Mighty Eighth War Diary
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Author : Roger Anthony Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Mighty Eighth War Diary written by Roger Anthony Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
A day by day operational record of the United States 8th Air Force which was based in the United Kingdom during World War II.
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Author : John Wayne Goodson
language : en
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Release Date : 2011-02
The Mighty Eighth written by John Wayne Goodson and has been published by Tate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with History categories.
The Mighty Eighth affirms the elected civilian authority as the arbiter of military rules of engagement while lamenting its consequences. The General McChrystal drama illustrates the selfless sacrifice military leaders will make to achieve combat objectives with minimum loss of life despite shackling political restrictions. During the Vietnam War, it took a regime change and another general shown on the front cover to finally employ the war ending strategy called 'the 11 day war.' Lt. Col. Wayne Goodson, USAF, (Ret.), reveals a long awaited truth about the everyday drama, personal and otherwise, of Anderson AFB, Guam. Goodson exposes the roles of the national media, liberal politicians and academia that led to public distain of the military. Goodson attempts to alter secular, unpatriotic attitudes in honor of the B-52 aircrews of the Strategic Air Command and the role they carried out to end the Vietnam War. 'The Mighty Eighth is a masterful piece that pulls the whole story together from the Azores to Guam. You will find yourself inserted in the personal experiences of Lt. Col. John Wayne Goodson (Ret.), while learning the around the clock happenings on Guam and details of the ongoing B-52/KC-135 operations. ' —Lt. Gen. George H. McKee, USAF, (Ret.)
The Mighty Eighth War Diary
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Author : Roger Anthony Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Mighty Eighth War Diary written by Roger Anthony Freeman and has been published by Arms & Armour Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Dagbog for perioden 2. juni 1942 til 8. maj 1945 for US 8th Air Force deltagelse i 2. Verdenskrig.