Blood and fears : how America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war
Wilson, Kevin, 1942-2016
Books, Manuscripts
The US 8th Air Force came of age in the England of 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Big Week in February, targeting German aircraft production plants, to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over Berlin, the combined USAAF-RAF round-the clock campaign of bottling up the German army in Normandy and the strategically vital oil offensive of the following autumn and winter. Day after day, the American bomber boys watched their comrades burn to death in blazing bombers, be thrown out of exploding aircraft without parachutes and sink with their crippled aircraft in the freezing North Sea. But by the following spring they had destroyed the Nazi fighter arm and seen Germany broken in two. In this comprehensive history, Kevin Wilson has allowed the youngsters of the 8th to tell their stories of blood and heroism in their own words.
Main title:
Author:
Wilson, Kevin, 1942-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.
Collation:
xvi, 541 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474601627 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5449730922940.544973
Local class:
940.544973 WIL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2311680