Description: B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI Combat Aircraft 87Author: Edward M. YoungIllustrator: Mark StylingAbout this bookThe B-24 Liberator was the mainstay of the US Army Air Force’s strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI’s two air forces, the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan ‘Hump’ from India to China in support of its missions. Despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations. ContentsIntroductionChapter One – Tenth Air Force 1942–43Chapter Two – Tenth Air Force 1944–45Chapter Three – Fourteenth Air ForceAppendicesFormat: PaperbackPublished: February 201196 pagesISBN: 9781849083416
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Type: Illustrated Book
Series: Combat Aircraft
Subjects: History & Military
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Era: 1940s
Book Title: B-24 Liberator Units of the Cbi
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Military / World War II, Reference, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
Illustrator: Yes, Styling, Mark
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Author: Edward M. Young
Item Length: 9.9 in
Item Width: 7.3 in
Book Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
