The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The "Flying Eight-Balls" Over Europe in the B-24
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The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the "pioneer" unit for what evolved from the "Mighty Eighth's" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a material...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0764318853
ISBN13:9780764318856
Release Date:August 2003
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing
Length:272 Pages
Weight:3.46 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 9.2" x 11.5"
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