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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Pacific War

BookPaperback
Ranking406363inGeschichte
CHF33.90

Description

The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbor during the midst of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. By the end of the war, SB-17 rescue craft were saving combat crews in the waters off Japan. This book reveals why, to the public, the Flying Fortress was better known than the Spitfire, the Boeing 747, or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. The name recognition enjoyed by the B-17 was that company's reason for creating B-17 Steak Sauce and Osprey's reason to round out the saga of this great wartime aircraft.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-84176-481-8
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publishing date20/04/2003
SeriesCombat Aircraft
Pages96 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 184 mm, Height 248 mm, Thickness 7 mm
Weight310 g
Illustrations100 b/w; 40 col
Article no.1696864
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.19420502
Product groupGeschichte
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Robert F Dorr is a well respected author of long-standing reputation - he has written over a dozen books for Osprey over the years. His histories on modern American combat aircraft like the F-101 Voodoo and A-6 Intruder have set the standard for works of this type. His ability to combine 'crew speak' with concise editorial comment gives his books a unique and revealing style of their own. Mark has illustrated several books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He has recently switched mediums from airbrush to Mac art, and has produced some of the best profiles Osprey has used to date in Combat Aircraft 18