Martin Caidin eBooks
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Black ThursdayThe Story of the Schweinfurt Raid. E-book. Formato EPUB Martin Caidin - The P-47 Press, 2018 -
Martin Caidin's Black Thursday tells the exciting story of the United States Air Force's massive bombing raid into Nazi Germany's industrial heartland on Thursday, October 14, 1943. On that fateful day two hundred and ninety-one hulking B-17 Flying Fortresses - escorted by squadrons of nimble P-47 Thunderbolts – miraculously fought their way through swarms of Messerschmitt Me-109's, Focke-Wulf FW-190's, Heinkel He-113's and more on their way to cripple the enemy's vital ball-bearings plant at Schweinfurt.Sixty of the B-17's never returned, and six hundred and fifty men died. It was the highest casualty toll that the United States Air Force had ever suffered and the day became known as 'Black Thursday.'*Page notes and annotations.*Curated, hand-picked images. *Revised text with typos corrected and modern American spelling and punctuation.
Thunderbolt! (Annotated)The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace. E-book. Formato EPUB Martin Caidin - The Rocket Press, 2018 -
Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace is the incredible true-life story of Robert S. Johnson, one of America's leading fighter pilot aces in World War II. His memoir is an action-packed account of how a young man from Lawton, Oklahoma went on to amass 28 enemy kills, the first U. S. Army Air Force pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I tally of 26 enemy planes destroyed. Johnson's detailed, vivid descriptions of his close-scrapes with Goering's elite fighters makes Thunderbolt! essential reading for World War 2 buffs.This new annotated edition of Thunderbolt! from the Rocket Press includes:Footnotes by author Damian Stevenson.Handcrafted and curated historical images.Newly edited text designed for digital readers.
Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid. E-book. Formato EPUB Martin Caidin - Arcadia Press, 2019 -
Thursday, October 14, 1943, two hundred and ninety one B-17 Flying Fortresses set out for a strategic bombing raid on the factories in Schweinfurt. Sixty of those planes never returned and six hundred and fifty men were lost during the course of that mission. It was the greatest failure that the United States Air Force had ever suffered and became known as “Black Thursday”. "Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid" is a brilliant account of that day that should never be forgotten.