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Books
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Mighty Eighth : The Air War in Europe As Told by the Men Who Fought It
- Gathers the firsthand
testimony of the World War II pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and
gunners who flew daylight bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe and
over Germany itself, sometimes enduring the torture of life in POW
camps. Bomber
Command - tells the story of the
USAAF in the European and Mediterranean Theaters during World War
II. But instead of another gray history of armies and campaigns,
this book relives the color of the operations both in terms of
first-person accounts and anecdotes as well as with original World War
II color photography of the events. Angels
Twenty : A Young American Flier a Long Way from Home
- Edward Park wasn't an
instinctive flyer, but he learned. By the end of World War II, he was
not only one with his plane, he had lived through a strange and terrible
time. In Angels Twenty, he takes you back to the Beaver Squadron's
war-without posturing, without heroics, but with great humor and respect
for his old mates. Green as grass, the American boys were dumped in
Australia, ready to do their bit in the war against Japan. But the New
Guinea jungle wasn't all what they had expected. Blankets
of Fire : U.S. Bombers over Japan During World War II -
When the focus of World War II shifted to the Pacific in 1944, the Army
Air Forces (AAF), equipped with the new, longer-range B-29 bomber, tried
to shift strategic bombing tactics as well. Blankets of Fire describes
the adjustments necessary to target Japan and places them in the context
of overall AAF and wartime strategy. Air
Commando Fighters of World War II - The
Air Commando concept was first employed in the trackless jungles of
Burma in 1944, where Wingate's British Army operated behind Japanese
lines, completely cut off from other Allied units, and supported only by
air. Eventually seven Air Commando fighter squadrons served in the CBI
and the Western Pacific campaign. This book looks at this unique group. Any Place, Any Time, Any Where : The 1st Air Commandos in WWII - The 1st Air Commandos were sired by General of the Army Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and brought to life by the imagination of two men, Lieutenant Colonel Philip G. Cochran and Lieutenant Colonel John R. Alison. In gathering men of character and tenacity, these two visionaries molded a unit which had to overcome orthodox military minds, paralyzing fear, and Burma’s impregnable terrain before taking the fight to the Japanese. With a focus on the might and flexibility of air power, Cochran and Alison constructed an experimental unit which cut across the structured lines of conventional organizations. Forming an air arsenal which was totally unique in its composition and application, they combined the firepower of P-51A fighters and B-25H bombers with the logistical tentacles of C-47 transports, CG-4A gliders, L-5 and L-1 light planes, and UC-64 bush planes to reach far behind Japanese lines. The list of firsts is noteworthy – first airborne glider “snatch” in combat, first double tow of gliders into a combat arena, first helicopter operations, first helicopter combat rescue, first gunship employment, and first rockets fired against an enemy. Unorthodox and eclectic, the 1st Air Commandos serve as a model for conventional and special operations today. |
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