
2Nd Air Division Air Force Usaaf 1942-45: Liberator Squadrons In Norfolk And Suffolk (Bomber Bases Of Ww2)
As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Norfolk and Suffolk.The Second Air Division's first bombing mission was flown on November 7, 1942; the last on April 25, 1945. A total of 95, 948 sorties were flown in 493 operational missions by the division's B-24s, dropping 199,883 tons of bombs. Targets attacked ranged from N...
File Size: 24294 KB
Print Length: 192 pages
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation (April 19, 2007)
Publication Date: April 30, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00K1KIRXQ
Text-to-Speech: ::::
X-Ray:
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting:
Format: PDF ePub TXT book
- April 30, 2014 pdf
- Amazon Digital Services LLC pdf
- Martin Bowman epub
- Martin Bowman ebooks
- History pdf books
Salm 83 war bill salus Maniera pontormo bronzino and medici florence Read Annys ream ebook conplanroneen.wordpress.com Hooray for reading day jessica worries Read Big lans by bob shea ebook cqpywheison.wordpress.com
rway in the north, as far east as Poland and Romania, while several Mediterranean countries were reached from temporary bases in North Africa. Six 2nd Air Division groups received special presidential citations for outstanding actions and five airmen received the Medal of Honor (highest US award for bravery), four posthumously. In combat the 2nd Air Division gunners claimed 1,079 enemy fighters destroyed against losses of 1,458 B-24s missing in action and many others lost in accidents. This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains today and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would go.
Leave a Comment