B-17s Over Berlin: Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group

by Ian L. Hawkins (Editor)

Overview

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-17sOver 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574888423
Publisher:	Potomac Books
Publication date:	04/01/2005
Series:	Memories of War
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	424
Sales rank:	683,567
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Hawkins first became interested in the history of the Eighth Air Force as a young boy growing up in England surrounded by the airfields from which the aircrews flew. He is the author of three books (including B-17s over Berlin: Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group (H) (1990). He lives in Bacton, Suffolk.

Editorial Reviews

Very difficult to put down.”

“I give it a 10+.”

“The best collection of firsthand battle stories I have read.

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