B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO
William Hess, Mark Styling
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'.
Категории:
Том:
038
Година:
2003
Издателство:
Osprey
Език:
english
Страници:
98
ISBN 10:
1841765805
ISBN 13:
9781841765808
Серия:
Combat Aircraft
Файл:
PDF, 55.16 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2003