Product Description

The US 8th Air Force was based in the UK from 1942 onwards, spread extensivley across East Anglia, operating in 40 different locations. This illustrated volume charts the whole story of the force: the formation, strategies and aircraft deployed, in a detailed and fully researched account of the largest air unit - to date - ever committed to battle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #835454 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
As a boy, Roger Freeman watched from his father's farm as the 8th Air Force took off for its missions over Germany; he has had a lifelong interest in the Mighty Eighth ever since, and now lectures on USAAF history, both here and in America.

Customer Reviews

The definitive work on Eighth Air Force.
When it was first published "The Mighty Eighth" was the most comprehensive work on USAAF operations from the UK in WW11. It set the standards for all future aviation history tomes, and still excites and thrills with this story of succes and sacrifice, to the final victory in the skies over the Third Reich."The Mighty Eighth" coined the phrase, which is now the short hand for USAAF 8th Air Force and was recently voted [rightly in my opion] the best history book of recent years in "Flypast" magazine.I have searched for years for a copy of this volume it is great to have it back.