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The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond : The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace /

The 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), the most highly decorated bomb group of World War II, participated in every major mission of the war from May 1943 through the war's end and won an unprecedented three Presidential Unit Citations (known as the Distinguished Unit Citation before 1966). Flying the cel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morris, Rob, 1959-
Otros Autores: Hawkins, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), the most highly decorated bomb group of World War II, participated in every major mission of the war from May 1943 through the war's end and won an unprecedented three Presidential Unit Citations (known as the Distinguished Unit Citation before 1966). Flying the celebrated B-17 Flying Fortress, the 95th was the first U.S. bomb group to bomb Berlin-a feat that put it in the centerfold of LIFE magazine-and the last group to lose a plane over Europe in World War II. Over 600 men in the 95th never came home. The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond is the first book to cover a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (416 pages).
ISBN:9781597977173