Huntzinger j (3 Ergebnisse)
- Softcover
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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9782020094849.
Verlag: Edward J. Huntzinger [Printed by Newsfoto Yearbooks, San Angelo, TX], Cape Coral, FL, 1979
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USAGround Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11.25 inches. 272 pages. Illustrations. Format graphics. Tabular Data. Author's address label affixed to the inside of the back cover. No dust jacket present. This is an oversized book that if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping ch…arges. Edward J. Huntzinger was the long time historian for the 388th BG Association and authored the history book "The 388th At War". Signature on the title page appears to be 'plate signed', no typed version of the author's name present. Cover has some wear and soiling. Interior contents bright and clean. The book has many photographs, a few of them very graphic aftermath shots, and is replete with statistics. There is a written and pictorial breakdown for each and every one of the 388th 's 306 combat missions, as well recaps of a few post-war humanitarian missions. During World War II, the 388th Bombardment Group was an Eighth Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF Knettishall. The group earned four Distinguished Unit Citations, flying over 300 combat missions (17 August 1943 Regensburg; 26 June 1943 Hanover; 12 May 1944 Brux and 21 June 1944 on a shuttle mission to Russia). It also conducted Aphroditie radio-controlled B-24 Liberators as test guided bombs. Activated on 24 December 1942 at Gowen Field in Idaho. Nucleus at Gowen moved to Wendover Field, Utah in early February 1943. Final training was conducted at Sioux City AAF SD from early May 1943 to 1 June 1943. The aircraft then began their overseas movement, taking the northern route via Newfoundland and Greenland, and finally from Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland. The ground unit left Sioux City on 12 June 1943 for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and sailed on the Queen Elizabeth on 1 July 1943, arriving in Clyde on 7 July 1943. Assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 45th Combat Bombardment Wing. Its group tail code was a "Square-H". The 388th BG began combat operations on 17 July 1943 by attacking an aircraft factory in Amsterdam. The unit functioned primarily as a strategic bombardment Organization until the war ended. Targets included industries, naval installations, oil storage plants, refineries, and communications centers in Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Norway, Romania, and the Netherlands. The group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for withstanding heavy opposition to bomb a vital aircraft factory at Regensburg on 17 August 1943. The 388th received another DUC for three outstanding missions: an attack against a tire and rubber factory in Hanover on 26 July 1943; the bombardment of a synthetic oil refinery in Brux on 12 May 1944; and a strike against a synthetic oil refinery at Ruhland on 21 June 1944, during a shuttle raid from England to Russia. The unit attacked many other significant targets, including aircraft factories in Kassel, Reims, and Brunswick; airfields in Bordeaux, Paris, and Berlin; naval works at La Pallice, Emden, and Kiel; chemical industries in Ludwigshafen; ball-bearing plants in Schweinfurt; and marshaling yards in Brussels, Osnabrück, and Bielefeld. Operations also included support and interdictory missions. It helped prepare for the invasion of Normandy by attacking military installations in France, and on D-Day struck coastal guns, field batteries, and transportation. Continued to support ground forces during the campaign that followed, hitting such objectives as supply depots and troop concentrations. Bombed in support of ground forces at Saint-Lô in July 1944 and at Caen in August. Covered the airborne assault on the Netherlands in September 1944 by attacking military installations and airfields at Arnhem. Aided the final drive through Germany during the early months of 1945 by striking targets such as marshalling yards, rail bridges, and road junctions. Altogether the 388th flew 331 raids to European targets including nineteen Operation Aphrodite missions from nearby RAF Fersfield. After V-E Day, the.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Newsfoto Yearbooks Publishing, 1973
Anbieter: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, USASalish Sea Books
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Zustand: Very Good. 3. Very Good; Hardcover; 3rd Edition; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tal…l); 2.6 lbs; Dark blue cloth covers with gold emblem, and title in gold lettering; 1973, Newsfoto Yearbooks Publishing; 248 pages; "The History of the 388th Bomb Group," by Edward J Huntzinger.
