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Author | : Martin Caidin |
Publisher | : ibooks |
Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 2010-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0743434706 |
There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone. But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of America's most formidable heavy bomber of the war. The B-17: The Flying Forts recreates a vanished era and a great and gallant plane -- a plane that could absorb three thousand enemy bullets, fly with no rudder, and complete its mission on two engines. A plane that American pilots flew at Pearl Harbor, Tunis, Midway, Palermo, Schweinfurt, Regensberg, Normandy, and Berlin, in thousands of missions and through hundreds of thousands of miles of flak-filled skies. A plane that proved itself in every combat theater as the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.
Author | : Martin Caidin |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1979-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780345283085 |
The history of the B-17, her prewar trials, the pilots who flew her and her action packed role in World War II
Author | : Martin Caidin |
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Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : B-17 bomber |
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Author | : Martin Caidin |
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Total Pages | : 595 |
Release | : 2001 |
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Author | : Martin Caidin |
Publisher | : Bantam Books |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1990-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780553287806 |
The history of the B-17, its prewar trials, the pilots who flew it, and its action-packed role in World War II
Author | : Martin Caiden |
Publisher | : iBooks |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2011-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596874732 |
There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone. But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of America's most formidable heavy bomber of the war. The B-17: The Flying Forts recreates a vanished era and a great and gallant plane -- a plane that could absorb three thousand enemy bullets, fly with no rudder, and complete its mission on two engines. A plane that American pilots flew at Pearl Harbor, Tunis, Midway, Palermo, Schweinfurt, Regensberg, Normandy, and Berlin, in thousands of missions and through hundreds of thousands of miles of flak-filled skies. A plane that proved itself in every combat theater as the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.
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Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1988-05 |
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Author | : Jack Trevor Story |
Publisher | : Arrow |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : English fiction |
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Author | : Philip Handleman |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2011-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783032383 |
More than thirty Allied Forces' WWII aircraft types are illustrated in many rare and previously unpublished black and white and color photographs. Each type is described giving vital data on development history, combat record, famous pilots and significant air battles. Performance, range and weapon loads are also included. The unique color photographs are from the collection of the late William B. Slate, an aviation photographer who strove to capture the thrilling perspective that can only come from close-up, in-flight vantage points from an aircraft flying in formation.
Author | : Debra Goodrich Bisel |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2013-02-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614238685 |
The relationship between Kansas and the science of war is ingrained, consistent and evident, yet it seems antithetical to the quiet, conservative farmer who is the quintessential image of the state. It is not. The same values created both, and both created Kansas. From early exploration of America, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars to the world wars and the modern era, the forts and bases of the Sunflower State have been central to America's defense. Beginning with Fort de Cavagnial in 1744 through to the defunct fields of Cold War missile silos, historians Debra Goodrich Bisel and Michelle M. Martin provide a guide to the forts and posts throughout Kansas.