The Mighty Eighth at War: USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe 1943–1945

“Relates how the American Eighth Air Force bombers helped Britain’s Royal Air Force in fighting Germany during World War II.”—ProtoView
 
 From the beginning of World War II, the RAF’s Bomber Command had been the only means of striking Hitler’s Reich and its war machine. But the entry into the war of the United States—and the subsequent arrival in the UK of the Eighth Air Force—would more than double the Allied capability.
 
The Flying Fortress and Liberator heavy bombers were mostly flown across the Atlantic by their young, green aircrew, and many succumbed en route and never arrived. Flying in northern Europe was a different ball game from American skies and it took a considerable time before the crews familiarized themselves with the vagaries of fog, low cloud, rain and snow. The American bombers bristled with defensive armament and elected to fly in close defensive formation during the day, leaving the RAF to carry out nighttime raids. With the arrival of long-range protective escort fighters, the task became a little easier.
 
This book is the story, including many firsthand accounts, of how the American bomber force helped fight to eventual victory, by decimating German industry and transport systems—and breaking the Nazi war spirit.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FOGG2SE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation; Illustrated edition (September 30, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3153 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 494 pages