description: The B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air Force's First and Third Air Divisions provided the main punch in the daylight strategic bombing offensive over Germany from 1942 until the end of the Second World War.This revealing book recreates, in the words of surviving crew members themselves, all the tension and terror of their exhausting stories deep into enemy airspace, fleshing the bones of other, more impersonal narratives. The tedium of long flights into enemy airspace, the fearful concussion of flak during the bombing approach, the sudden appearance of German fighters, the agony of seeing friends' aircraft in flames, the drama of bringing a crippled bomber home...often in appalling weather conditions...is all revealed in the words of men who were there.General Curtis LeMay, Paul Tibbets, Generals Ira C. Eaker and Maurice Preston, Coloniel Budd Peaslee and General Harold W. Bowman are among the famous contributors to this book.
language: English
title: Castles in the Air: The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Crews of the US 8th Air Force
titlecomplete: Castles in the Air: The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Crews of the US 8th Air Force
genres: History, World War II
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Patrick Stephens