THE NINTH AIR FORCE IN COLOUR UK AND THE CONTINENT - WORLD WAR TWO
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-1854092724 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85409-272-3 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features |
Dust jacket |
| Condition | Great state with 3 scratches on dust jacket |
| Author(s) |
Edited and designed by Roger Chesneau/DAG Publications Ltd |
| Publisher | Arms & Armour Press An imprint of the Cassell Group Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R OBB Distributed in the USA by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810 Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd, 2/13 Carrington Road, Castle Hill, New South Wales 2154 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Published date | 1995 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | IN COLOUR |
| Size | 22.5 x 28.2 x 1.6 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
For this fourth book of rare, genuine wartime colour photography, the well-known aviation historian Roger Freeman has amassed a remarkable collection of colour images covering the activities of the US Ninth Air Force during World War Two.
The origins of this air force lie in the original definitions of strategic and tactical uses of air power and their implementation in the overall USAAF structure in Europe. The 8th Air Force was primarily a strategic air arm using the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers; but it originally also deployed a ground support command to act as the core of a large tactical air force, intended as support for the invasion of Europe.
The projected size and scope of this tactical element expanded such that it was clearly in need of separate Air Force status - thus the new 9th Air Force was created.
By its very nature an itinerant force, the 9th was less widely photographed by American servicemen than the permanent 'Mighty Eighth', for example, so that assembling this collection of colour photographs was a much more difficult challenge for the author, involving a truly international search for images. The 9th was intended to function as a mobile air-arm, and the first 9th Air Force units were operating from newly created airfields at the beachhead within ten days of the Allied invasion in 1944. This set the pattern for the 9th's activities during the remainder of the war in Europe, as bomber and fighter units followed the battle front through France and into Western Germany.
