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The 44th Bomb Group in World War II

The 44th Bomb Group in World War II

The "Flying Eight-Balls" over Europe in the B-24

by Ron Mackay
Hardback
Publication Date: 18/08/2003
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The 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. AUTHOR:
ISBN:
9780764318856
9780764318856
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
18-08-2003
Publisher:
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
279x216x0mm
Weight:
1.42kg
Ron Mackay

Ron Mackay's involvement with military aviation began during WWII. The local Coastal Command airfield at his birthplace of Wick in Scotland provided a wealth of RAF and USAAF designs with which to stimulate his interest that was subsequently sustained by National Service in the RAF. A working knowledge of German has expanded his field of study into the Luftwaffe.

To date, he has published 28 books covering the aforementioned Allied and Axis Air Forces that include several co-authored examples. Further books are currently under process of completion.

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