B-24 Combat Missions

B-24 Combat Missions
Title B-24 Combat Missions PDF eBook
Author Martin W. Bowman
Publisher
Pages 156
Release 2009
Genre B-24 (Bomber)
ISBN 9781435112209

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Provides detailed technical and operational information about the B-24 plane and each crewmember's weaponry and/or equipment. Chiefly includes first-hand reports of combat missions by Liberator crewmembers, many from previously unpublished oral histories.

B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force
Title B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force PDF eBook
Author Robert F Dorr
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 208
Release 2012-12-20
Genre History
ISBN 1782008330

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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. This is their fully-illustrated history. 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. Featuring photography and illustrations throughout, Robert F Dorr's account of these units is ideal for aviation and World War Two enthusiasts.

In Hostile Skies

In Hostile Skies
Title In Hostile Skies PDF eBook
Author James M. Davis
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 249
Release 2006
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1574412094

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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 Pacific War

B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War
Title B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War PDF eBook
Author Robert F Dorr
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 99
Release 2012-12-20
Genre History
ISBN 1782009000

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Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, this illustrated volume explores how the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.

Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force

Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force
Title Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force PDF eBook
Author Tom Faulkner
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 265
Release 2018-11-15
Genre History
ISBN 1574417428

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In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Between September 1944 and the end of February 1945, he flew against targets in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. On Tom’s last mission against the marshalling yards at Augsburg, Germany, his plane was severely damaged, and he had to fly to Switzerland where he and his crew were interned. The 15th Air Force generally has been overshadowed by works on the 8th Air Force based in England. Faulkner’s memoir helps fill an important void by providing a first-hand account of a pilot and his crew during the waning months of the war, as well as a description of his experiences before his military service. David L. Snead has edited the memoir and provided annotations and corroboration for the various missions.

Finish Forty and Home

Finish Forty and Home
Title Finish Forty and Home PDF eBook
Author Phil Scearce
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 408
Release 2011
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1574413163

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The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.

B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI

B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI
Title B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI PDF eBook
Author Edward M. Young
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 214
Release 2012-11-20
Genre History
ISBN 1782006907

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An illustrated history of the B-24 Liberator, the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces, the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its missions. This book shows how, despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.