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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS UNITS OF THE PACIFIC WAR
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| By: |
Martin Bowman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841764817 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841764818 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
16 April, 2003 |
| Series: |
Osprey Combat Aircraft 39 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbour during the attack of 7th December 1941. This is a history of the B-17's role in the Pacific War. |
| Synopsis: |
The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbor during the midst of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. By the end of the war, SB-17 rescue craft were saving combat crews in the waters off Japan. This book reveals why, to the public, the Flying Fortress was better known than the Spitfire, the Boeing 747, or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. The name recognition enjoyed by the B-17 was that company's reason for creating B-17 Steak Sauce and Osprey's reason to round out the saga of this great wartime aircraft. |
| Illustrations: |
100 b&w and 40 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |