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Viii Fighter Command At War
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2000-12-25
Viii Fighter Command At War written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-25 with History categories.
This volume focuses on the little known official Army Air Force report commissioned by the Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command (FC) in May 1944. The detailed document chronicled the experiences of 24 pilots who had seen extensive service in the frontline escorting B-17s and B-24s on daylight raids deep into Germany. Briefed to provide a candid report on combat flying that could be used as a teaching 'manual' for potential fighter pilots, the VIII FC veterans openly discuss their secrets to success, and survival in the deadly skies over occupied Europe. Exactly half of those pilots who contributed to The Long Reach subsequently achieved ace status.
Viii Fighter Command At War
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-20
Viii Fighter Command At War written by Michael O'Leary 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.
This volume focuses on the little known official Army Air Force report commissioned by the Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command (FC) in May 1944. The detailed document chronicled the experiences of 24 pilots who had seen extensive service in the frontline escorting B-17s and B-24s on daylight raids deep into Germany. Briefed to provide a candid report on combat flying that could be used as a teaching 'manual' for potential fighter pilots, the VIII FC veterans openly discuss their secrets to success, and survival in the deadly skies over occupied Europe. Exactly half of those pilots who contributed to The Long Reach subsequently achieved ace status.
Clean Sweep
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Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-05-11
Clean Sweep written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with History categories.
A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany. On August 7, 1942, two events of major military importance occurred on separate sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive, landing the First Marine Division at Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of the new Eighth Air Force's 97th Bombardment Group bombed the Rouen–Sotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War. Clean Sweep is the story of the creation, development and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe so that the invasion of Europe could be successful. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has had a lifelong interest in the history of the fighter force that defeated the Luftwaffe over Germany. He has collected many first-hand accounts from participants over the past 50 years, getting to know pilots such as the legendary “Hub” Zemke, Don Blakeslee and Chuck Yeager, as well as meeting and interviewing leading Luftwaffe pilots Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall and Walter “Count Punski” Krupinski. This story is told through accounts gathered from both sides.
Tactics Techniques Developed By Viii Fighter Command
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Author : United States. Army Air Forces. Evaluation Board. Analysis Section
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 19??
Tactics Techniques Developed By Viii Fighter Command written by United States. Army Air Forces. Evaluation Board. Analysis Section and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 19?? with Fighter planes categories.
General description of the collection: This collection consists of a negative photostat of a report entitled, "Tactics & techniques developed by VIII Fighter Command" prepared by the Analysis Section, Army Air Forces Evaluation Board. The original report was prepared on 27 October 1944 as "a consideration of tactics and techniques as developed by VIII Fighter Command, Eighth Air Force." The report is divided into three sections. The first section describes the performance characteristics of types of fighters used by the VIII Fighter Command pilots and by their German opponents. The second section describes the tactics of fighter escorts for bombing runs, and the third section describes the strafing techniques of escort fighters. All three sections include excerpts of interviews with U.S. fighter pilots from the VIII Fighter Command. The report also contains charts and graphs, photographs (negative photostats) of planes and photographs of strafing runs taken from the 16mm film reels carried in the noses of VIII Fighter Command planes. Captured German military documents and interviews with German prisoners of war provide the enemy's point of view on the American's tactics.
Battle Colors Insignia And Aircraft Markings Of The 8th Air Force In World War Ii
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Author : Robert A. Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2006-07
Battle Colors Insignia And Aircraft Markings Of The 8th Air Force In World War Ii written by Robert A. Watkins and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07 with Airplanes, Military categories.
This second volume focuses on the Fighter Groups, Scouting Force and Special Operations units of the Mighty Eighth. Battle Colors approaches a visual subject in a visual manner utilizing full color illustrations and wartime photos.
Clean Sweep
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Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-05-11
Clean Sweep written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with History categories.
A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany. On August 7, 1942, two events of major military importance occurred on separate sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive, landing the First Marine Division at Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of the new Eighth Air Force's 97th Bombardment Group bombed the Rouen–Sotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War. Clean Sweep is the story of the creation, development and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe so that the invasion of Europe could be successful. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has had a lifelong interest in the history of the fighter force that defeated the Luftwaffe over Germany. He has collected many first-hand accounts from participants over the past 50 years, getting to know pilots such as the legendary “Hub” Zemke, Don Blakeslee and Chuck Yeager, as well as meeting and interviewing leading Luftwaffe pilots Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall and Walter “Count Punski” Krupinski. This story is told through accounts gathered from both sides.
Down To Earth Fighter Attack On Ground Targets
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Author : Ray Merriam
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-12-08
Down To Earth Fighter Attack On Ground Targets written by Ray Merriam and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-08 with History categories.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 22. (January 2013). American fighter pilots of the Eighth Air Force provide their rules for conducting ground attack operations against the enemy. There was much more to ground attack than flying low and shooting up anything and everything, and these pilots tell how they did it in their own words. An extremely rare manual published in August 1944, just when ground attack was becoming a major factor in the war across the European continent. Original copies are very scarce; a photocopy of this manual was acquired back in the early 1980s. Unfortunately, that copy was also a photocopy of a photocopy of an original and in the edition published several years ago the photographs were of very poor quality. In June 2001 a customer ordered a copy of that edition because he was looking for information on the unit his grandfather flew with during the war, a P-47 pilot with the 353rd Fighter Group, who is one of the pilots who contributed to this manual. The colonel was willing to loan his original for copying and also an original copy of "The Long Reach," a similar work about fighter escort operations (this second work is also now available in this reprint series). Originally published 30 August 1944 by VIII Fighter Command. 76 photos, 1 drawing, 1 diagram.
The Long Reach Deep Fighter Escort Tactics
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Author : Ray Merriam
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-12-08
The Long Reach Deep Fighter Escort Tactics written by Ray Merriam and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-08 with History categories.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 21. First Reprint Edition (January 2013). In The Long Reach: Deep Fighter Escort Tactics by VIII Fighter Command, American fighter pilots of the Eighth Air Force provide their rules, in their own words, for conducting deep fighter escort operations accompanying American bomber formations over Europe. This extremely rare manual was published in May 1944, when deep fighter escort had become a major factor in the skies over Europe. The interior pages are facsimile copies of the original's pages. 59 photos.
The Mighty Eighth
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Author : Roger A. Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Mighty Eighth written by Roger A. Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Operations Analysis In The United States Army Eighth Air Force In World War Ii
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Author : Charles W. McArthur
language : en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date : 1990
Operations Analysis In The United States Army Eighth Air Force In World War Ii written by Charles W. McArthur and has been published by American Mathematical Soc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Business & Economics categories.
Operations research grew out of the application of the scientific method to certain problems of war during World War II. This book tells the story of how operations research became an important activity in the Eighth Air Force. It emphasizes the people involved in these historical events, rather than the technical matters with which they dealt.