An illustrated history of the B-24 Liberator, the mainstay of the US
Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India
(CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer
range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was
well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces, the
Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb
group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the
308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East
Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The
308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs
over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its
missions. This book shows how, despite the hardships and extreme
distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable
record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.
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ISBN
9781782006909
Publisert
2020
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Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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