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Verlag: 446th Bombardment Group Association,
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Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USAWonder Book
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. Santa Ana, CA: 446th Bombardment Group Association, n.d. ca. 1997. 4to hardcover. 351pp. Illustrations, some color. Near Very Good book. Very Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained on bottom edge. (World War 2, Aerial Operations, US Air Force) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUT…SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Verlag: The 446th Bomb Group Association, Santa Ana, CA, 1999
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Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USAGround Zero Books, Ltd.
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 351, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Tabular data. This book is published under the auspices of the 446th Bomb Group Association. It is the third dealing with the activities of the Group and r…epresents many hours of research and work for more than two years. It is substantially different in purpose and content from the previous books. It is designed to record for our children, and those to follow, the human events of the pre-war, the war and the post-war periods. It is not a history of the 446th Bomb Group, but a recording of tome of the happenings experience by our men at Station 125 and wherever their duties may have taken them. What did Grandpa do in the war? This book answers that question! It tells what life was like during World War II - for our families as well as the men serving with the 446th. First-hand accounts by our fellows about: the training, the trip over on the Queen Mary, the flight to Bungay. First-hand accounts by our POWs and those interned in Sweden and Switzerland. First-hand reports on what Flixton is like today and what has happened to the base by 446ers who have visited Bungay. The return to the States, deactivation, reunions and the work of the Association. Names -- all those ever associated with the 446th are listed in the book. Art, Diagrams, Maps and Photos. 23 Color and 39 Black and White Photos. Numerous line drawings. The group was first activated as the 446th Bombardment Group and served in combat as an Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator unit in England. In 1944 the group led Eighth Air Force and the 2d Bombardment Division on the first heavy bomber mission of D-Day. The group's 706th Bombardment Squadron flew 62 consecutive missions and 707th Bombardment Squadron had 68 missions without loss. After V-E Day the group returned to the United States, where it was inactivated in August 1945. The group was first activated on 1 April 1943 at DavisMonthan Field, Arizona as the 446th Bombardment Group with an initial cadre drawn from the 39th Bombardment Group. Its original squadrons were the 704th, 705th, 706th, and 707th Bombardment Squadrons. The aircrews ferried their planes under the control of Air Transport Command via the southern route from Florida through Puerto Rico, Brazil, Senegal, and Morocco to England. The 446th was the first Army Air Forces group to complete the Transatlantic hop from Brazil to Africa without the installation of additional bomb bay fuel tanks. The 446th suffered its first combat loss even before arriving in England when the aircraft commanded by 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Fowlkes strayed from the planned route and flew too close to the Brest Peninsula, where it was attacked by Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88 fighters and anti-aircraft fire from the Luftwaffe and was shot down. The remainder of the group safely arrived at its new base at RAF Flixton in the east of England. The group arrived at its combat station, RAF Flixton in early November 1943 and flew its first mission on 16 December 1943 against shipping facilities in Bremen, Germany, losing one airplane that crashed just short of the field due to fuel exhaustion. The group operated chiefly against strategic objectives. Its targets included Its targets included ball bearing factories at Berlin, marshaling yards at Koblenz, submarine pens at Kiel, aircraft plants at Munich, port facilities at Ludwigshafen and aircraft engine manufacturing plants at Rostock. The group's 706th Bombardment Squadron flew 62 consecutive missions and 707th Bombardment Squadron had 68 missions without loss. The group was occasionally diverted from strategic missions to carry out air support and interdiction missions. It supported Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by attacking transportation targets, including bridges, along with airfields and strong points in France. On D Day, the squadron and the rest of the 446th Group led the first heavy bomber mission of the day. T. Fred Mahnken (Title page color photograph) (illustrator).