B-17 COMBAT MISSIONS
Subtitle: FIGHTERS, FLAK, AND FORTS : FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF MIGHTY 8TH OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY
By: MARTIN BOWMAN ; FOREWORD BY MAJOR GENERAL LEWIS LYLE
Publisher: METRO BOOKS
Published: 2007
Place of publication: NEW YORK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780760789353
Subjects: United States; Campaigns; American Personal narratives; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th; B-17 bomber
Description: Giving a complete overview of what it was like to fly a B-17 combat mission, each crew position is featured in turn, the pilot and copilot, the navigator, the radio operator, the bombardier, the engineer/top turret gunner, the waist gunners, the ball-turret gunner and the tail gunner.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 155).