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Subtitled, "USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus The Luftwaffe In World War II".

As a bomber, long-range reconnaissance and low-level strike aircraft, the de Havilland Mosquito proved to be a versatile aircraft. Covering the period from the Mosquito's introduction to the end of the Second World War, this book interweaves the history of the aircraft with the tales of the personnel who worked with the planes.

The 3rd Air Division: Elveden Hall was the Headquarters of this division of the 8th US Army Air Force. Broadly speaking it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but included some bases in Norfolk. Some units had short periods flying B24 Liberators. The famous 'Bloody Hundredth', based at Thorpe Abbotts was typical of the units within the 3rd Air Division. From June 1943 to January 1944 it concentrated its efforts against airfields, submar...

As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible for aerial defense of the industrial Midlands. During World War Two this group was the second most important fighter group and as such, it received it's fair share of attacks from the German Luftwaffe throughout the war. As well as regional d...

Offers a history of RAF Marham, one of East Anglia's most active bomberstations. This book is complemented by interviews with personnel and many photographs, old and modern. It features: B-29 Washingtons, B-52 deployments, Canberra Jet Bombers, V-Bomber Victors, Valiants, and, finally Tornados.

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As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Essex. It covers the American air bases used by the Martin B-29 Marauders, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs of the 9th USAAF Air Force during 1943-44 prior to their move south to France after the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944.The airfields included are Andrews Field, Birch, Boreham, Boxted, Chipping Ongar, Earls Colne, Gos...

Of all the planes that flew in WW2, the 'Wooden Wonder' the two-engined Mosquito, or Mossie as it was affectionately called, was truly the most versatile and feared by the Germans. Fast and maneuverable, the Mossie was just as at home in the pathfinder role as she was a fighter interceptor, particularly of VIs, as a night-fighter, low level bomber, Mosquitopanik tells of the hugely successful war career of this much loved aeroplane that caught...