B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War

B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War PDF Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782009000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.

B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War

B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War PDF Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.

B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI

B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI PDF Author: Edward M. Young
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782006907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
The B-24 Liberator was the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces, the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its missions. Despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.

B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force PDF Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions.

PBJ Mitchell Units of the Pacific War

PBJ Mitchell Units of the Pacific War PDF Author: Jerry Scutts
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781841765815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Flown exclusively by the US Marines, the PBJ was one of those rare examples of an air force type being procured by the navy due to its ability to do exactly the job that was required of it. Bought as a land-based patrol bomber for operations in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II (1939-1945), the PBJ (Patrol, Bomber, North American) was kitted out to hunt down submarines as well as surface vessels. Identical to its air force counterpart, except for its ability to lay mines, deploy depth charges and launch torpedoes, some 706 PBJs were delivered to the Marine Corps from 1943-45. This book outlines the aircraft's history and technology, and takes a closer look at the men who flew it.

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO PDF Author: William N Hess
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
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'.

B-24 Combat Missions

B-24 Combat Missions PDF Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435112209
Category : B-24 (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Provides detailed technical and operational information about the B-24 plane and each crewmember's weaponry and/or equipment. Chiefly includes first-hand reports of combat missions by Liberator crewmembers, many from previously unpublished oral histories.

Finish Forty and Home

Finish Forty and Home PDF Author: Phil Scearce
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413163
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
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