American Bomber Crewman 1941-45 (Warrior 119)
American Bomber Crewman 194145Author(s): Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Sen ?Brgin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781846031250, 978-1846031250\nSynopsis\nGregory Fremont-Barnes examines the lives of the American Bomber Crewmen of the Eighth Air Force, 'The Mighty Eighth', who manned, maintained and repaired the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and the B-24 Liberators that flew from the airfields of England.\n\nHe highlights the physical and psychological strain placed on these men, who required brute strength to control the aircraft on long bombing missions and extraordinary endurance to fly for hours at 20,000 feet at temperatures below freezing in unpressurised cabins. In addition to this, with Luftwaffe fighters and anti-aircraft fire to contend with, it required incredible skill and some luck to return from a mission unscathed.\n\nMore than 100,000 Allied Bomber Crews were lost during the war. This book is a f.
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