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The Mighty Eighth in World War II.

In May 1942, five months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the first aircraft and crews of the newly-formed Eighth US Army Air Force arrived in England. Over the next two years their numbers swelled to a massive and powerful force of bombers and fighters described by one USAAF General as 'the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Graham
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton : Andrews UK, 2011.
Colección:Aviation History.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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