Weapons of the Eighth Air Force - Hardcover

Johnsen, Frederick

9780760313404: Weapons of the Eighth Air Force

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760313407 ISBN 13: 9780760313404

Publisher: Zenith Pr, 2003

Flying at 25,000 feet, loaded with 6000 pounds of bombs, bristling with thirteen .50 caliber machine guns, and with a highly trained and motivated flight crew, the B-17 Flying Fortress became the physical symbol of America's Mighty Eighth Air Force. Arrayed against the Eighth Air Force was Nazi Germany's veteran, battle tested air armada the Luftwaffa. But the B-17 didn't go to war alone. The Eighth Air Force also deployed some of the most famous aircraft: the rugged B-24 Liberator, the nimble P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt with its four pairs of deadly wing mounted .50 caliber machine guns, and the quick and high flying P-51 Mustang.

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From the Publisher:

� Battle Gear Series (Weapons of Delta Force 0-7603-1139-0)
� Complete descriptions of all Eighth Air Force combat aircraft: B-17, B-24, P-38, P-47, P-51, other bombers, fighters as well as transports and obscure aircraft.
� Hardcover with full color profiles depicting paint schemes and markings, along with archival black and white photos and gun camera shots.
� Hand-painted aircraft profiles by acclaimed artist Sonny Schung.
� Frederick A. Johnsen has authored six other books detailing WWII era and modern combat aircraft.

About the Author:

Frederick A. Johnsen is an accomplished author and writer with six aviation based books to his credit. He holds two degrees in history and journalism and has served two separate terms as historian for the USAF. His articles on aviation have appeared in Flypast, Airpower, Wings, Airman Air Classics, American Heritage, Western Flyer, EAA Airventure Today, Aviation Journal, Koku-Fan and Aviation Week&Space Technology. He is currently the New Chief and Public Affairs liaison for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and often contributes articles to the worldwide media on cutting edge flight research.

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