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The B-24 Liberator equipped organisation that evolved from its original 2nd Bomb Wing status to a Divisional level commenced operations out of East Anglia in late 1942. Over the ensuing two-and-a-half years it prosecuted the Daylight Bombing Offensive in company with its 1st and 3rd AD contemporaries. Its crews moreover not only operated over central Europe, but in addition flew detachment operations out of North Africa that included the specific and costly assault on the Ploesti oil complex. The title of this book succinctly sums up the importance of the Division's presence within the 8th Air Force structure and the part it played in hammering the life out of the industrial and military infrastructures sustaining Hitler's Third Reich. AUTHOR: Ron Mackay's interest in military aviation began during WWII. The local Coastal Command airfield at his birthplace of Wick, in northern Scotland, provided a wealth of British and American designs with which to stimulate his interest; post-war National Service with the RAF sustained that interest. A working knowledge of German has further extended his field of study into the Luftwaffe. To date, he has produced 25 books covering the aforementioned Allied and Axis Air Forces that include several co-authored projects; a further number are in the process of completion. 379 colour and b/w photographsProduct Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing LTD
ISBN-139780764343827
eBay Product ID (ePID)201520892
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SubjectGovernment
Publication Year2014
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameSecond in Line: Second to None: a Photographic History of the 2nd Air Division
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorRon Mackay, Steve Adams, Mike Bailey
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height279 mm
Item Width216 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMike Bailey, Steve Adams, Ron Mackay