B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force
Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, Modern, 20th Century, World War II
| Author: | Robert F Dorr | ISBN: | 9781782008330 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | December 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert F Dorr |
| ISBN: | 9781782008330 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | December 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Language: | English |
The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions.
The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions.
