In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed by the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent battle in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the Mighty Eighth, striking 297 times at Hitlers Fortress Europe and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group was 131 aircraft and over 1200 combat crew missing in action, sustained during the course of ...
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In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed by the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent battle in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the Mighty Eighth, striking 297 times at Hitlers Fortress Europe and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group was 131 aircraft and over 1200 combat crew missing in action, sustained during the course of a fiercely contested struggle stretching over 1000 days.
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New. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 350 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; WGM; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1564. 2000. First. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Size: 8x1x11; Very good hardcover, in dust jacket, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; tan cloth boards also very good; black titling remains bright and bold. Some corner/edge-wear to jacket, with single small closed tear to rear; foxing to verso and text block. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply.
