Bombing Europe: The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force

by Kevin A. Mahoney

Get the complete story of one of the most ambitious aerial campaigns in history--the bombing of Europe under the Axis powers--illustrated with over 200 compelling photos. Created in November 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was the direct descendant of the American Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces that had fought in the Mediterranean since the summer of 1942. Its force included 210 B-17 Flying Fortress and 90 B-24 Liberator bombers escorted by P-38 Lightning,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760348154
• ISBN13: 9780760348154
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 11.3"