The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The "Flying Eight-Balls" Over Europe in the B-24

by R. Mackay and Steve Adams

Book Overview

The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the "pioneer" unit for what evolved from the "Mighty Eighth's" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a material...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764318853
• ISBN13: 9780764318856
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 11.5"