The Reluctant Raiders: The Story of United States Navy Bombing Squadron Vb/Vpb-109 in World War II

by Alan C. Carey

The Reluctant Raiders is perhaps the most documented and researched book on a United States Navy land-based squadron flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer. The final result of five years of research, the book traces the squadron's history from its commissioning in August 1943, to the final days of World War II, including: never before published combat and nose art photography; the squadron's tactical organization; a chronology of each combat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764307576
• ISBN13: 9780764307577
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"