B-17S Over Berlin: Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group (Memories of War) - Softcover

Hawkins, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574888420 ISBN 13: 9781574888423

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

The 95th Bomb Group achieved fame as the first unit to strike Berlin in a daylight raid and as the only combat group in Europe to win three Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations for courage and daring. B-17s

Over Berlin is a unique compilation of vivid personal tales of the legendary 95th, told by the surviving crewmen themselves and the English villagers who knew them. Crashes, captures, thrilling escapes these are the true stories of the furious air combat over Germany, Norway, and Poland that helped turn the tide of World War II.

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Product Description:

B-17's Over Berlin This is the true story of the European bomber war, as told by the combatants themselves, and by the sometimes bemused English villagers who came to love 'their Yanks'. The book focuses on the first American unit to strike Berlin in a daylight raid. Full description

Review:

"Very difficult to put down." -Len Deighton

I give it a 10+.

Very difficult to put down.

The best collection of firsthand battle stories I have read.

About this edition

• Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1574888420
• ISBN 13: 9781574888423
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 424