Author: Bill Yenne
The B-17 bomber was America's flying icon, from its inauspicious start (the prototype crashed a mere two months after its launch in 1935) to its starring role in World War II (serving first the RAF and then the U.S. Army Air Force, in every combat zone) to its eventual status as the grand old bomber without peer. Noted aviation author Bill Yenne takes readers through the hits and misses of the B-17s development, the deployment of the different models, the missions flown, and the men who flew them.
Format: Softbound
Pages: 128
Length: 8.25w x 10.625h
ISBN-13: 9780760325223
ISBN: 0760325227
Catalog ID: 140292