Bombing Europe: The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760348154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Instead, it is a concise history laden with trials and tribulations of the aircrews and generously stocked with images. "Mahoney is more than familiar with the history of the Fifteenth and is accomplished as an author so Bombing Europe is no archetypal history book. Bombing Europe is long overdue this book tells their story and what a story it is." - Seattle Post Intelligencer, Travel for Aircraft blog. The text relates the thinking and the context of the events while the photos bring these events jumping off the book's pages
Five Stars G Crosby excellent ref book. Four Stars An important book.. "Great photos, okay narrative" according to Marc L. Tavasci. I was hoping this book would be a pictorial history of the 15th AF in World War II with a narrative of their combat operations--it wasn't. Instead, it was mostly a collection of stories about the individuals who served in the 15th and what they went through on a variety of combat missions. Lots of tales of bombers being shot up and shot down, along with stories about strafing, crash landing, photo recon and life as a POW.My favorite part of the book is the great photo selection. If you're a fan of the B-17 and/or B-2Great photos, okay narrative Marc L. Tavasci I was hoping this book would be a pictorial history of the 15th AF in World War II with a narrative of their combat operations--it wasn't. Instead, it was mostly a collection of stories about the individuals who served in the 15th and what they went through on a variety of combat missions. Lots of tales of bombers being shot up and shot down, along with stories about strafing, crash landing, photo recon and life as a POW.My favorite part of the book is the great photo selection. If you're a fan of the B-17 and/or B-24, this book will make you smile. Lots of great bomber pictures, both in action, on th. , this book will make you smile. Lots of great bomber pictures, both in action, on th
This book tells the story of the brave airmen who bombed the majority of Europe in an effort to win the war.. Their reach in the Balkans included the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, vital to Germany's war effort. Its crews fought the weather, as well as the enemy, by flying over the Alps to reach many of their targets and made a significant contribution to the victory over the Axis powers and Nazi Germany.Although enemy fighter planes were a major menace during the first nine months of the Fifteenth's air war, ubiquitous antiaircraft fire, called flak, al