This collection and analysis of first-hand accounts from World War 11 veteran aircrew offers a fresh look at the day air war that raged over Europe from 1942 to 1945. it retraces not only the course of events of the war years as experienced by both Allied and Axis pilots, but also offers vivid descriptions of weaponry, aircraft and tactical developments during the extensive bombing campaign against Germany.
Richly illustrated with some 300 photographs, many of which previously unpublished, Battles with the Luftwaffe is a fascinating account of the realities of air-combat during World War II.

Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe: The Bomber Campaign Against Germany 1942-45

History

Bowman, Martin W.

Boiten, Theo

Military

Collins Reference

The book also includes sidebars and information boxes of factual detail that both anchor the stories to the chronological history of the day and bring the events into pin-point clarity.

Remembering D-Day

Harpercollins

In association with the Imperial War Museum, this remarkable collection of personal histories is a superb tribute to all those who were part of this extraordinary moment in history. June 6th 1944 saw the greatest combined military operation of all time and subsequently D-day has become known as the single most crucial watershed of the last century. To commemorate the 60th anniversary Martin Bowman has compiled a unique collection of personal narratives of the men who were part of this extraordinary moment in history. Unique in its treatment, this book includes a range of experiences from civilians as well as all ranks from air, land and naval services reflecting the fact that this was a combined operation and not simply a land invasion as it's often portrayed. Significantly these fascinating accounts, many sourced from Martin Bowman's extensive contacts with international veterans associations, have been found from all the major nations that took part on the day to authentically represent the combined accomplishment of services and nations. The book also includes sidebars and information boxes of fascinating factual detail that both anchor the stories to the chronological history of the day and bring the events into pin-point clarity.

Remembering D-day: Personal Histories Of Everyday Heroes

Harper Uk

Lavishly illustrated, this fascinating and entertaining volume transports you back in time to hear firsthand accounts culled from hundreds of diaries, letters, and interviews with veterans. These are the captivating stories of the American airmen and British civilians and service personnel of World War II. In 1942, when the U.S. forces arrived in England, the young Americans were puzzled, amazed, and exasperated by the mysteries of British speech, food, manners--and plumbing, and the British were equally surprised by American ways. From decorated pilots to British civilians who, as children, were entertained on U.S. bases, come stories of comic cultural misunderstanding and terrifying bomber missions over Germany. This unique adventure celebrates the courage and spirit of the U.S. 8th Air Force and the friends they made in Britain.

Wild Blue Yonder: Glory Days of the U.S. 8th Air Force in England

UNKNO

The B-24 Liberator, 1939-1945

Rand-McNally

Modern military aircraft

Hamlyn

The Bedford Triangle is a graphic portrayal of the crucial part played by aircraft and personnel of the US Army Air Force (USAAF) in American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and British Special Operations Executive (SOE) operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during World War 2.Martin Bowman draws on dozens of revealing first-hand accounts of covert operations, together with official documentary evidence, to provide tantalizing glimpses of these 'cloak-and-dagger' operations. In this new edition, he has undertaken further research to disclose startling new evidence of a British-sponsored secret flight to occupied Poland by an RAF Mosquito aircraft to collect a scientist, radioactive samples and fuel destined for the Nazi's V2 rocket programme and bring them to England. The secrets revealed had important benefits for the Manhattan Project which led eventually to the dropping of the world's first atomic bomb.

The Bedford Triangle: U.S. Undercover Operations from England in World War II

Sutton Pub Ltd

'USAAF HANDBOOK, 1939-1945 (AVIATION)'

Europe

Sutton Publishing+ltd

The Us 8th Air Force in Camera: Pearl Harbor to D-Day 1942-1944

Americas

On the eve of D-Day in 1944, the US Eighth Air Force in England had grown from modest beginnings into a mighty leviathan capable of pulverising the heart out of the German war machine and smashing from the skies the might of the Luftwaffe. In this, the second of two volumes in the popular 'in Camera' series, Martin W. Bowman presents a fascinating and wide ranging picture of the 'Mighty Eighth' as it supported the invasion of north-west Europe through the summer of 1944 with thousands of fighter and bomber sorties, and its massive and sustained heavy bomber assault in daylight on the German heartland that brought final victory to the Allies in May 1945.

The U.S. 8th Air Force in Camera: 1944-1945

Motorbooks Intl

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