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39 WWII AVIATION: US UNIT HISTORIES: BOMB GROUPS • FIGHTER COMMANDS & GROUPS BOMB GROUPS The First Combat Bomb Wing in WWII Ron Mackay. The 1st Combat Bomb Wing was part of the 8USAAF’s campaign against Hitler’s industrial complex. The four Groups serving within its ranks played their part in what was a costly but ultimately successful bid to shatter the Nazi plan for European and world conquest. Size: 8.5"x11" • 302 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4375-9 • hard • $39.99 Death fromAbove: The 7th Bombardment Group in World War II Edward M. Young. An in-depth look at the 7th BG, one of the few bombardment groups in the Army Air Corps active during the 1930s. Its activation in 1929 through its missions over Burma and Thailand until August 1945 are covered. This book also provides a description of the little-known stra- tegic bombing operations of the Tenth Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater. Size: 8.5"x11" • 430+ photos andmaps • 320pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4635-4 • hard cover • $69.99 The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) inWWII Norman Malayney. Formed in August 1944 at Watton, England 25th BGMosquitos performed RCMChaff dispensing missions, day and night photography, and also supported OSS development of the Joan-Eleanor program and operations to com- municate with agents deep inside enemy territory. Size: 8.5"x11" • 270 color/bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3950-9 • hard • $69.99 Squadron of Deception: The 36th Bomb Squadron in WWII Stephen M. Hutton. Here at last is the story of the U.S. 8th Air Force’s only Radar Countermeasure squadron that flew from England during WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 330 bw photos • 216pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0796-6 • hard • $39.95 The 44th Bomb Group in WWII: The “Fly- ing Eight-Balls" over Europe in the B-24 Mackay & Adams. The 44th BG amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distin- guished Unit Citations, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process, including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1885-6 • hard • $59.95 The Jolly Rogers: The 90th Bom- bardment Group in the Southwest Pacific 1942–44 A full-color facsimile reprint of the actual Jolly Rogers war book. Size: 11"x8.5"•500 color photos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0258-9•hard•$39.95 High Noon over Haseluenne: The 100th Bombardment Group over Berlin • March 6, 1944 Dewez & Faley. On March 6, 1944, and the Eighth Air Force would launch a full scale assault on the German capital of Berlin. The book is filled with firsthand accounts, personal diaries, letters home, news clippings, and photos. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3237-1 • hard • $69.99 Wrong Place! Wrong Time!: The 305th Bomb Group & the 2nd Schweinfurt Raid George C. Kuhl. This is true story of the second raid on Schweinfurt, Ger- many by the Eighth Air Force 1st and 3rd Bombardment Divisions on 14 October 1943. On this day, the Eighth Air Force lost air superiority to the German Luftwaffe in a continuous air battle that lasted over three hours. Size: 6"x9" • 35 bw photos • 248pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-445-0 • hard • $29.95 Chennault’s Forgotten Warriors: The Saga of the 308th Bomb Group in China Carroll V. Glines. The 308th’s wide-ranging activities through nearly three years of bitter air warfare are described here by reknowned author C.V. Glines. Size: 6"x9" • 130 bw photos • 416pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-809-0 • hard • $29.95 Warpath: A Story of the 345th Bombard- ment Group (M) in WWII This facsimile reprint of the very rare 345th war book appears here in a new quality edition. The 345th, the famed “Air Apaches," flew against the Japanese in heavily armed B-25s in hair-raising low level bombing and strafing attacks. Size: 8.5"x11" • 570 bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0218-3 • hard • $49.95 Ridgewell’s Flying Fortresses: The 381st Bombardment Group (H) inWWII RonMackay. The battles in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the 8th AF striking 297 times at Hitler’s Fortress Europe and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group was 131 aircraft and over 1200 combat crew missing in action, sustained during the course of a fiercely contested struggle stretching over 1000 days. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1063-8 • hard • $59.95 The Sky Scorpions: The Story of the 389th Bomb Group in WWII Wilson & Mackay. The 389th was unique among all Groups assigned to the 8th USAAF because it actually commenced operations in July 1943 out of North Africa that culminated in the infamous Ploesti mission on 1 August. Returning to England, the combat crews joined in on the grim duty of hammering Nazi Germany’s industrial resource. Size: 8.5"x11" • 420 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2422-2 • hard • $59.95 The 448th Bomb Group (H): Liberators over Germany in WWII Jeffrey E. Brett. The 448th Bomb Group from its inception at Gowen Field, Idaho, in 1943 until the cessation of hostilities in Europe in 1945. An in-depth, personal look into the men who carried the war to the heart of the German Reich. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color/bw photos • 312pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1464-3 • hard • $49.95 The 451st Bomb Group in WWII: A Picto- rial History Michael Hill. This new book is an illustrated history of the 451st Bomb Group in WWII. As part of the USAAF’s 15th Air Force, they flew their B-24 Liberators from Castellucia, Italy to heavily defended targets throughout the Mediterranean theater of war. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1287-8 • hard • $45.00 Liberators over Norwich: The 458th Bomb Group (H), 8th USAAF at Horsham St. Faith 1944-45 Mackay/Bailey/Scorza. The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force early in 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the 458th participated in decisive Cam- paigns – “Big Week,” “Big B,” D-Day and the assault on Germany’s oil industry. Size: 8.5"x11" • 460 color/bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3515-0 • hard • $69.99 The 464th Bomb Group in WWII - in Action over the Third Reich with the B-24 Liber- ator Michael Hill. Flying the legendary B-24 Liberator, the 464th Bomb Group was stationed at Pantanella, Italy and flew combat missions against the heart of Hitler’s Third Reich. This is their history as told by daily records, personal stories and interviews with the men who served with the 464th. Size: 8.5"x11" • 500 color/bw photos • 264pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1628-9 • hard • $59.95 The 467th Bombardment Group (H) in WWII - in Combat with the B-24 Liberator over Europe Perry Watts. In this new 8th Air Force unit history, Watts sets out the history of the USAAF 467th Heavy Bombardment Group, which was based at Rackheath, Norfolk, in the east of England, during 1944-1945. Size: 8.5"x11" • 475 bw photos • 424pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2165-8 • hard • $59.95 FIGHTER COMMANDS & GROUPS The Debden Warbirds: The 4th Fighter Group in WWII Frank E. Speer. This authen- tic account, gleaned from the Squadron and Tower Diaries, is enhanced by dozens of com- bat reports and personal accounts from pilots and crews whose day-to-day encounters are faithfully recorded. Size: 8.5"x11" • 170 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0725-6 • hard • $45.00 The 5th Fighter Command in WWII Vol. 1: Pearl Harbor to the Reduction of Rabaul WilliamWolf. Since end of WWII the major role played by the 5th FC in winning the war in the Pacific has been almost totally neglected. Wolf puts the air campaigns into strategic and tactical context, then breaks down every daily air battle into Fighter Groups and Squadrons using unit Narrative Combat Reports. Size: 8.5"x11" • 650 color/bw photos • 448pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3955-4 • hard • $69.99 The 5th Fighter Command in WWII Vol. 2: The End in New Guinea, the Philip- pines, to V-J day William Wolf. In vol.2 the author continues his definitive history of the 5th FC as it continues on the offensive after the reduction of Rabaul in November 1943 and then decimates Japanese air power over western New Guinea, and then on to the Philippines and V-J Day. Size: 8.5"x11" • 750 color/bw photos • 456pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4251-6 • hard • $69.99 The 5th Fighter Command in WWII: Vol. 3: 5FC vs. Japan - Aces, Units, Aircraft, and Tactics WilliamWolf. Following his first two massive volumes, describing the day-by-day history of the 5FC and associated tactical, strategic, and grand strategy, Dr.Wolf completes the trilogywith this volume, which greatly expands, explains, and describes the personalities, aircraft, tactics, strategy, andsomesubjectsneglected in thefirst twovolumes, from American and Japanese perspectives. Size: 8.5"x11" • 498 color/bw photos • 448pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4738-2 • hard • $69.99