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Mighty by Sacrifice : The Destruction of an American Bomber Squadron, August 29, 1944 / James L. Noles and James L. Noles Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noles, James L., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- Ostrava (Czech Republic)--History--Bombardment, 1944.
- Ostrava (Czech Republic).
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 20th--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 20th.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The high cost of the Allied air offensive during World War II.On August 29, 1944, the 15th U.S. Army Air Force unleashed 500 bombers against oil and rail targets throughout central Europe. It dispatched the 20th Squadron of the 2nd Bombardment Group on what they regarded as an easy assignment: attack the Privoser Oil Refinery and associated railroad yards at Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. This ""milk run"" deteriorated into the bloodiest day in the 2nd Bombardment Group's history: not a single one of the 20th Squadron's B-17 Flying Fortress bombers returned from the mission. Forty airmen we
- Contents:
- Hometown boys
- Silver wings
- Into the fray
- The combined bomber offensive
- "Defenders of liberty"
- Mortal arithmetic
- Cry havoc
- The meat grinder
- "All hell broke loose"
- Time on target
- "For you the war is over"
- Evasion
- Dulag
- Kriegies
- VE.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9017-0
- OCLC:
- 682056183
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