Product details
ISBN
9781841763828
Published
2002-04-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
470 gr
Height
248 mm
Width
184 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author
Illustrated by
Biographical note
Tom Ivie is the official historian for the 352nd Fighter Group Association, He has written a number of volumes on this group over the past three decades. This is his first title for Osprey. Mark has illustrated several books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He has recently switched mediums from airbrush to Mac art and has produced some of the best profiles Osprey has used to date in Combat Aircraft 18.
Nicknamed the 'Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney' due to the garish all-blue noses of their P-51s and their wartime base in Norfolk the 352nd was one of the most successful fighter groups in the Eighth Air Force. Initially equipped with P-47s, the group transitioned to P-51s just prior to D-Day, and it was with the Mustang that its pilots enjoyed the greatest success. Indeed, the ranking P-51 ace in the ETO was a 352nd FG pilot, Maj George Preddy who claimed 26.83 kills with the fighter. Not far behind him in terms of kills was 24-victory ace John Meyer, and the exploits of the remaining 28 aces are also detailed. This book also discusses the various markings worn by the group's three squadrons, the 328th, 486th and 487th FSs.
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Nicknamed the "Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney" due to the garish all-blue noses of their P-51s and their wartime base in Norfolk, the 352nd was one of the most successful fighter groups in the Eighth Air Force. Their exploits are charted here in this illustrated book.
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CHAPTER ONE
ACTIVATION AND TRAINING
CHAPTER TWO
OVERSEAS TO BODNEY
CHAPTER THREE
A NEW ERA IN FIGHTER ESCORT
CHAPTER FOUR
MUSTANG OPERATIONS BEGIN
CHAPTER FIVE
PRELUDE TO D-DAY
CHAPTER SIX
D-DAY TO MARKET-GARDEN
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE LULL AND THEN THE STORM
CHAPTER EIGHT
BODENPLATTE TO VE-DAY 106
Appendices
Colour plates commentary
Unit heraldry
Index
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Nicknamed the ‘Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney’ due to the garish all-blue noses of their P-51s, the 352nd FG was one of the most successful fighter groups in the Eighth Air Force.
Product details
ISBN
9781841763828
Published
2002-04-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
470 gr
Height
248 mm
Width
184 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author
Illustrated by