Bowman: 538 books
The US Eighth Air Force in Europe
Black Thursday Blood and Oil, Vol 2
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
This book describes the period when the American daylight offensive faltered and nearly failed and recalls the terrible losses suffered by Liberators on the low-level attack on the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania and by the B-17s on the notorious Schweinfurt and Regensburg raids which entered 8th Air...
We Were Eagles Volume One
The Eighth Air Force at War July 1942 to November 1943
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
On 4 July 1942, American airmen flew in US-built bombers against a German target for the first time. It was a small operation involving six US crews in Boston medium bombers, but was nonetheless a harbinger of things to come. The first heavy bombardment group of B-17s had crossed the Atlantic in June...
The Mighty Eighth at War
USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe 1943-1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
From the beginning of World War Two the RAF s Bomber Command had been the only means of striking Hitler s Reich and its war machine. The entry into the war of the United States and the subsequent arrival in the UK of the Eighth Air Force was to more than double the Allied capability. The Flying Fortress...
The Build Up to the Beginning
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and accurate four part work that uniquely presents a complete account of the air operations throughout ‘Market-Garden’ in September 1944 when British, US and Polish airborne troops made a gallant attempt to seize and hold bridges across the...
by Martin Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Norwich, in common with most English cities, suffered enemy air attack and during a period of almost three and a half years bombs were dropped in every part of the city. The first German raid occurred on Tuesday 8 July 1940; the last on 6 November 1943. The total number of Alerts during 1943 was 95...
Men Who Flew the Mosquito
Compelling accounts of the 'Wooden Wonders' triumphant WW2 Career
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
The twin-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War. Famously wooden-built, its graceful lines and powerful performance have made it into an airborne icon. Its operational versatility as a fighter, low level bomber and reconnaissance aircraft was unsurpassed.
In...
Clash of Eagles
USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, told first hand by the American and German pilots and aircrew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the audacious Luftwaffe fighter pilots and the Fortress and Liberator bomber crews of the American...
Fighter Bases of WW II US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command USAAF 1943-45
P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang Squadrons in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Force’s heavy bomber forces.
The long-range Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mustangs escorted the Mighty Eighth’s Flying Fortresses and Liberators on their deep penetration...
Bomber Bases of World War II, 3rd Air Division 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45
Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
The 3rd Air Division: Elveden Hall was the Headquarters of this division of the 8th US Army Air Force. Broadly speaking it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but included some bases in Norfolk. Some units had short periods flying B24 Liberators.
The famous ‘Bloody Hundredth’, based...
by Martin W. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Guy Gibson’s 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only – Operation Chastise – the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using Barnes Wallis’ revolutionary bouncing bomb, the hand-picked crews trained day and night over British reservoirs, perfecting the techniques required to deliver the new weapon to...
Legend of the Lancasters
The Bomber War from England 1942-45
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
This book is a riveting account told in ten big chapters of the young RAF crews who flew Lancasters in RAF Bomber Command from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe in April 1945. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF aircrew and German night fighter crews who...
Stratofortress
The Story of the B-52
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Boeing's mighty B-52 Stratofortress has seen continuous operational service with the United States Air Force since the type was introduced in 1957. The aircraft has been upgraded several times and has assumed many different new roles since it was originally conceived and then provided the key airborne...
The Reich Intruders
RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied Europe and Germany. These were not the famous thousand...
by David Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
In an intact 9th Century Roman Empire one man has the chance to fight one battle to bring an end to civil war. To besiege the most highly fortified city in the empire, its seven forts and water defences. Thanks to his devious emperor, he hasn’t got enough troops or enough time but he must win for...