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B-26 Marauder Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces
Jerry Scutts
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Description for B-26 Marauder Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces
Paperback. Once dubbed "the widow maker", Martin's B-26 recovered from a poor start to equip eight bomber groups. One of the first American-manned planes to see action in the Second World War, the Marauder is described here including accounts from crews, details of tactics and training, and unit histories. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 b&w illustrations, 10pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
The medium-bomber workhorse of the tactically-optimized Ninth Air Force, Martin's much-maligned B-26 Marauder recovered from its poor start to combat with the Eighth Air Force, to go on and equip no less than eight bomber groups. Although the media initially coined the phrase "the widow maker" for the Marauder, a change of tactics from low- to medium-level soon improved the crews' chances of survival - by the war's end it boasted a lower loss per sortie ratio than any other twin-engined bomber in the USAAF. Like the B-17, the B-26 was one of the first American-manned combat aircraft to see ... Read more
The medium-bomber workhorse of the tactically-optimized Ninth Air Force, Martin's much-maligned B-26 Marauder recovered from its poor start to combat with the Eighth Air Force, to go on and equip no less than eight bomber groups. Although the media initially coined the phrase "the widow maker" for the Marauder, a change of tactics from low- to medium-level soon improved the crews' chances of survival - by the war's end it boasted a lower loss per sortie ratio than any other twin-engined bomber in the USAAF. Like the B-17, the B-26 was one of the first American-manned combat aircraft to see ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Osprey Combat Aircraft
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855326378
SKU
V9781855326378
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Ref
99-15
About Jerry Scutts
Jerry Scutts has worked in the field of aviation publishing since the late 1960s, writing over 40 books that have covered a broad spectrum of subject matter ranging from US Navy floatplane fighters in World War 2 to the exploits of the USAF_s Phantom IIs over Vietnam. His specialist areas are the Luftwaffe and the US Army Air Forces in ... Read more
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