Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth; An Historical Survey of the B-17s and B-24s Assigned to the Eighth United States Air Force August 1942 0 June 1945
Savannah, GA: Eighth Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Velobound. viii, 421, [3] pages, including covers. There is a substantial amount of tabular data. This is a result of Project Bits and Pieces. The 8th Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, Inc. filed as a Domestic Non Profit Corporation in the State of Florida and is no longer active. Most of this work is in a two-column format. Project Bits and Pieces was designed to provide an historical survey of B-17s and B-24s assigned to the 8th Air force (8AF) from acceptance into the inventory through each bomber's ultimate fate. The primary and secondary sources utilized in Project Bits and Pieces wee 1) historical documents, 2) photographs, 3) personal accounts, and 4) published research. The volume is comprised of four sections -- 1) 8AF units outlined in the Table of Contents, 2)Pilot of Records Index, 3)Aircraft Name Index, and 4) the Bibliography. Paul M. Andrews was a noted aviation author who earned an advanced degree from McGill University (Canada). He has been published in the American Aviation Historical Society Journal and provided focused research support to many other published aviation authors. He has worked as an analyst for the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations. William H. Adams is a noted statistical historian who published a comprehensive list of 8th Air Force Fighter Losses among other works. More
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