B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO (Combat Aircraft 38)

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO (Combat Aircraft 38)
by William Hess

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1841765805
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781841765808
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2003-01-25


Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in November 1943. And the heavy bombers employed by the Fifteenth were of course the venerable B-17 and B-24. At its peak strength, the Fifteenth's B-17 force comprised six groups of four squadrons each, all controlled by the 5th Bomb Wing. Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has long been waiting to write a definitive account on 'his air force'.

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