THE AIR WAR IN EUROPE
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Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Headband, BRADEL, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Slightly damaged dust jacket |
| Conditions | Used |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Published date | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Collection / Series | WORLD WAR II |
| Size | 24 x 30 x 2 cm |
| Author | Ronald H. Bailey |
| Editor | Time - Life Books Inc. |
Description
( … ) Caught in German spotlights, frantically dodging in and out of exploding " Flak " and hopelessly out of range of the protection of friendly fighter planes, bomber crews of ten men rode to and from their targets in the freezing belly of bomb - loaded planes. The mid - air collisions and confusion resulting from the sheer number of bombers in the air at once - sometimes as many as 1,000 - always added to the carnage coming from the muzzles of Messerschmitts and " Flak " guns. Many others crashed after mechanical problems - or Gremlins - dropped them from the skies.
Although there persisted to be innumerable ways to die in an airplane, the author mentions some who survived when death was imminent. ( ... ) Not so lucky were the unfortunate people living in the path of these bomber parades.
( ... ) The air battle for Germany was escalated with each new technological advance. Radar was refined, bombing sight perfected, aircraft range and speed increased and newcomers such as the American Thunderbolt and the German jet fighter added to the death toll. But it was the production that won the war. With their oil reserves almost depleted, the Germans sent up the last of their planes in a vain attempt to knock off the two - to - one edge the Allies had gotten over them in numbers. ( ... )
