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Publisher
Janson Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Unmatched in the history of military aviation, the B-17 was the airplane which beat the odds against German air power, fighting some of the most fearsome battles over the European skies during World War II. Americans built almost 13,000 of these legendary machines; more than 4,700 were lost in combat, and only a handful still fly today.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked:...
Author
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
World War II continues to be one of the most significant conflicts in history. In this title, readers will examine the air power strategy used to do battle in the sky. Engaging text introduces readers to the concept of war in the air and strategic bombing. Also covers the air power employed by American, British, Soviet Union, German, and Japanese forces.
16) A higher call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
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