The B 17 The Flying Forts

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743434706

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The B-17 - The Flying Forts by Martin Caidin Pdf

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
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1979-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0345283082

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Flying Forts by Martin Caidin Pdf

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 Caiden
Publisher : iBooks
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1596874732

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B-17 - THE FLYING FORTS by Martin Caiden Pdf

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 : Graham M. Simons,Harry Friedman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783461011

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Boeing B-17 by Graham M. Simons,Harry Friedman Pdf

“Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress . . . undoubtedly outshines other books on this significant WWII aircraft.” —Air Mail The Boeing B-17 was the first American heavy bomber to see action in World War II when it was supplied to the RAF. The design originated in 1934 when the US Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce air forces in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. For its time, the design included many advanced features, and Boeing continued to develop the aircraft as experience of the demands of long-distance flying at high altitude was gained. When the United States entered WWII, production of the aircraft was rapidly increased and it became the backbone of the USAAF in all theaters of war. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Heavy bomber, reconnaissance, antisubmarine, and air-sea rescue operations; there were few roles that this solid design could not adopt.

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : B-17 bomber
ISBN : UOM:39015046817980

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Flying Forts by Martin Caidin Pdf

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : B-17 bomber
ISBN : 185367754X

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B-17 Combat Missions by Martin W. Bowman Pdf

The B-17 Flying Fortress is, along with the British Avro-Lancaster, the most famed heavy bomber of World War II. More than 12,000 B-17s were built and the planes were the mainstay of the Eighth Air Force's campaign of daylight precision-bombing raids on targets in Germany and the occupied territories. Unsurprisingly, given the B-17s pre-eminent role in the war, many books have been published on the aircraft and the men who flew in them. These fall into two categories. On one hand there are the largely text-only books recounting the experiences of the airmen who flew B-17 missions (most famously, Brian D. O'Neill's Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer, and John Comer's Combat Crew); on the other are the many illustrated books that focus mainly on the plane's technical development and capabilities. Uniquely, B-17: Combat Missions combines the two approaches, describing in detail both the technical role of each crew-member, and following this up with extensive first-hand reports, many drawn from previously unpublished oral histories, showing what it was like to be, for example, a ball-turret gunner or a co-pilot. Equipment is described in detail, as is what it was like to use it. Throughout the book, the text is accompanied by newly commissioned and archive photos. In the introductory and final chapters, daily life is described for the airmen when not flying on missions. Photos of magazines, posters and other items of memorabilia evoke the atmosphere of the time, complementing the vivid picture drawn of the brave men of the US Eighth in action in the 'wide blue yonder'. AUTHOR: Martin Bowman is the author of eighty-six books on USAF/USN and RN/RAF operations. For many years he has been a frequent contributor of photographic and written articles to Flight International, Rolls-Royce Magazine, and Aeroplane Monthly. Major General Lewis E. Lyle (USAF Retd) led the 379th bomb group in World War II. SELLING POINTS: * The first fully illustrated book to combine operational and design information with first-hand accounts of combat missions * More than 200 photographs * Newly researched oral histories featured throughout

Author : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Bantam Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990-09
Category : History
ISBN : 055328780X

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Flying Forts by Martin Caidin Pdf

The history of the B-17, its prewar trials, the pilots who flew it, and its action-packed role in World War II

Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050044489

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B-17 Flying Fortress by Frederick A. Johnsen Pdf

The B-17 pioneered the concepts of strategic bombardment. This work gives technical detail along with little-known facts and stories, as well as accounts of missions, production, avionics, development and the people behind the development of the B-17.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0760309337

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The B-17 Flying Fortress by Robert Jackson Pdf

The complete development and service histories of all variants from 1934 to 1945. Archival photos, line drawings, and color profile plates. Identifies the famed units that flew the bomber over Europe and the Pacific.

Author : Scott Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0963754300

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Final Cut by Scott Thompson Pdf

5th Edition of book originally published in 1990. This book tells the story of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress in the years after World War II, and includes the stories of each of the surviving 48 B-17s.

Author : William N. Hess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029000630

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B-17 Flying Fortress by William N. Hess Pdf

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 1943. And the heavy bombers employed by the Fifteenth were ofcourse 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 provides an account of his air force.

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 1861261705

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress by Martin W. Bowman Pdf

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was still in front line service at the end of World War II, ten years after its conception. This is a detailed examination of the design, development and operational career of the Fort, from its early beginnings through its seven major variants.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : B-17 Bomber
ISBN : 1862271062

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The B-17 Flying Fortress by Robert Jackson Pdf

This text is a history of the Boeing B-17 military aircraft, from its design in the 1930's; originally built to protect the US coastline from hostile warships, through to its involvement in bringing the Third Reich to its knees during World War II.

Author : William N Hess
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009047

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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO by William N Hess Pdf

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'.

Author : Martin Bowman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472800527

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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (part 2) by Martin Bowman Pdf

The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was the 'Mighty Eighth', who controlled 27 bomb groups for much of the war. This second of two volumes covers the 14 Bomb Groups of the Third Air Division. First hand accounts, period photography, profile artworks and nose art scrap views bring to life aircraft from each of the groups within the Third Air Division.