Author: FREEMAN, ROGER A.
Title: The Mighty Eighth a History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force
Description: Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1972. 3rd Printing. . B&W and Color Illustrations; Third printing, Revised. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has a light slant. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inch long spot of foxing to the front pastedown page. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has a tear to the top rear spine end and some ground-in dirt to the white portions. "Established on 22 February 1944 by the redesignation of VIII Bomber Command at RAF Daws Hill in High Wycombe, England, the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European Theater of World War II (1939/41–1945) , engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; [4] and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: World War II Roger A. Freeman 8th Air Force Unit History Aviation United States Air Force World War II
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Title: The Mighty Eighth a History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force
Description: Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1972. 3rd Printing. . B&W and Color Illustrations; Third printing, Revised. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has a light slant. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inch long spot of foxing to the front pastedown page. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has a tear to the top rear spine end and some ground-in dirt to the white portions. "Established on 22 February 1944 by the redesignation of VIII Bomber Command at RAF Daws Hill in High Wycombe, England, the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European Theater of World War II (1939/41–1945) , engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; [4] and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: World War II Roger A. Freeman 8th Air Force Unit History Aviation United States Air Force World War II
Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 38790
- Book number: 38790
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