44th Bomb Group: The Flying Eightballs
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Publisher: Turner
Published: 1997-06-15
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ISBN-13: 9781563113291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 44th Bombardment Group contained the 66th, 67th, 68th, 506th, squadrons, and headquarters group.
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Publisher: Turner
Published: 1997-06-15
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 44th Bombardment Group contained the 66th, 67th, 68th, 506th, squadrons, and headquarters group.
Author: Peter Bodle
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780955191602
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 28
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780938021285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the 40th Bomb Group in the Pacific is told in this fantastic account - India, China, Tinian, Japan, etc.
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers the history of the 66th from its activation in January 1941 through December 1944.
Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2007-04-19
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1473812585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs 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 Norway 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.
Author: Ron Mackay
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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 cost of around 200 aircraft, and a human cost of some 2,000 airmen MIA, as the 8th USAAF focused its strategic bombing campaign in the face of determined Luftwaffe opposition.
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 156311240X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 47th Bomb Group (L) contained the 84th, 85th, 86th, and 97th squadrons, plus Headquarters.
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1428915850
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