foreword roger freeman (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Very good paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. 1st printing. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. VERY GOOD+ No dust jacket as issued. No marks in text. Binding is tight and square. . . . . . . . . . A detailed unit history of the 457th Bomb Group (H), a B-17 Flying Fortress group in the Eighth Air Force that flew strategic bombing missions over Europe in the Second World War. Compiled by Homer Briggs and James L. Bass and edited by John F. Welch, the book traces the group from its activation and training in 1943 through its deployment to England, covering major operations such as Big Week, pre-invasion strikes for Normandy, D-Day missions against coastal defenses, and subsequent support for campaigns including the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine crossings. Drawing heavily on official records and veterans? recollections, the narrative emphasizes the group's identity as the *Fireball Outfit* and documents its 7,000 plus sorties, losses, and evolving tactics as part of the broader Allied air offensive. The volume presents an organized chronological account rather than a mere anecdotal scrapbook, making it a foundational reference for researchers, families, and enthusiasts interested in the operational history, missions, and personnel of this specific heavy bombardment group.

Condición: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Norfolk, England, 1989. 248 pgs. 200 illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Hundredth Bomb Group (Heavy) , was activated on June 1st, 1942, at the Orlando Army Air Base, Florida. Within weeks, several hundred men were draw in from all walks of life. In early October, the Group sustained heavy losses whe twenty-one aircraft and over 200 men went missing or were killed in a week. It was at this time that the name of the Bloody Hundredth first came about.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.