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Loading... Flying Forts -- The B-17 in WWII (1968)by Martn Caidin
Work InformationFlying Forts: The B-17 in World War II by Martin Caidin (1968)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fantastic! This is the book that really cemented my interest in B-17 Flying Fortresses and the men who flew them. ( ) I read this book when I was a kid and just reread it. I remember being enthralled by it as a teenager; as an adult, I enjoyed re-reading it, but I wouldn't say I was quite as enthralled the second time around. As history books go, Flying Forts is the equivalent of a good beach read, and that's not a bad thing. It's a fun, easy read (with its share of pot-boiler prose, I have to say). You'll need to look elsewhere for a strategic analysis of the Allied bombing campaigns and their effectiveness. But if you want to know what it was like to swing a .50 caliber machine gun at the open window of the waist position of a B-17 in 40 degree-below weather, fighting for your life and the lives of your crew mates, this is your book. no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.544History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Air operationsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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