Osprey Combat Aircraft 38.: B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

Description: Osprey's study of the B-17 Flying Fortress Units of World War II (1939-1945). Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in November 1943. And the heavy bombers employed by the Fifteenth were of course the venerable B-17 and B-24. At its peak strength, the Fifteenth's B-17 force comprised six groups of four squadrons each, all controlled by the 5th Bomb Wing. Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has long been waiting to write a definitive account on 'his air force'. PublishedJan 25 2003FormatPaperbackPages96ISBN9781841765808ImprintOsprey PublishingIllustrations79 b/w; 16 colSeriesCombat AircraftShort codeCOM 38PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

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Book Title: B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mto

Book Series: Combat Aircraft

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Item Length: 9.9in

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Original Language: English

Publication Year: 2003

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.2in

Author: William N. Hess

Features: Illustrated

Genre: Aviation, History, Military

Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, Airplanes, Combat, War, Warfare, World War II, Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

Item Width: 7.2in

Item Weight: 9.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 96 Pages