270 Flying Fortresses - their service, their fate,
their nose art and its origin and artists
400 photographs, many never
previously published
List of 340 combat missions with aircraft losses
Full
crew listing for all named aircraft missing in action
Serial number listing
for B17s assigned to the 91BG(H)
288 pages, 12"x8", hardback
ISBN 1
898575 00 2
UK Price: £26.00 (GB Pounds) including mailing
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There are tales of Fortresses returning crippled in battle, of Forts being
cut in two and joined together again to fly and fight again. There are tales of
Fortresses flying for hours with controls shot out, of fuselage or tail
assemblies chewed almost through as a result of mid-air impact with friend or
foe . . . .
Tales also of Fortresses exploding suddenly in the air, caught by lethal
shards of flak, scattering their crews like discarded dolls . . . . of
Fortresses breaking in two and falling to earth like huge spinning sycamore
seeds . . . . of wing spars burning though, instantly turning a graceful
airplane into a cart-wheeling tomb . . . . of flight decks consumed by exploding
flares fed by pure oxygen, turning the whole length of the plane into a deadly
blow torch.
These are the stories of the named B17s of the 91st Bombardment Group based
at Bassingbourn, England. "Ack-Ack Annie", "Cheri", "General Ike", "Jack the
Ripper", "Little
Patches", "Memphis Belle", "Outhouse
Mouse", "Sheriff's Posse", "Texas Chubby", "Village Flirt", "Zootie
Cutie"... and many, many more. Planes which had been lovingly named and painted
with humorous, outstanding and sometimes outrageous artworks. Planes selected at
random to suffer destruction in battle, slow dismemberment by salvage crews or
bask in a glorious return from whence they had come.
A full colour signed Limited Edition print
has been produced from the cover painting by Ray Bowden.
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