Bookcraft limited jun 2026 (2 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The B-17 Flying Fortress became one of the most recognisable aircraft of the Second World War, but its history is larger than legend. It was not an invincible machine, nor a magical weapon that won the war alone. It was a heavy bomber built around a bold theory: that daylight formations could strike the industrial and military systems that allowed Nazi Germany to continue fighting. The Flying Fortress: Crews, Bombers, and the Harsh Mathematics of Daylight Air War tells the story of the aircraft, the ten-man crews who flew it, the ground crews who kept it serviceable, the factories that produced it, and the strategic bombing campaign that tested every promise made for daylight air power. From early doctrine and training to Schweinfurt, Regensburg, Berlin, oil targets, escort fighters, flak, fighter attacks, damage, survival, and memory, this book explains the B-17 as both machine and human system. Written in clear, accessible prose, this is a balanced military aviation history for readers who want more than myth. It honours the courage of bomber crews while also examining bombing accuracy, civilian casualties, industrial warfare, and the moral difficulty of attacking targets from the air. The Flying Fortress was a symbol of endurance, but it was also a weapon of total war. Its story belongs to aircraft history, crew history, industrial history, strategic history, and moral history at the same time. AI (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Avro Lancaster became one of the most recognisable aircraft of the Second World War, but its story is far larger than a famous silhouette and four Merlin engines. The Lancaster Night tells the history of the aircraft as a machine, a workplace, an industrial product, and a central instrument of RAF Bomber Command's night offensive over Europe. This book follows the Lancaster from its origins in the troubled Avro Manchester to its rise as Britain's most important heavy night bomber. It explains the aircraft's design, its great bomb bay, its seven-man crew, the work of navigators and bomb aimers, the development of radar and radio aids, Pathfinder Force, German night defences, flak, searchlights, night fighters, and the major operations that shaped its wartime reputation: the Ruhr, the Dams Raid, Hamburg, Peenemünde, Berlin, D-Day support, oil targets, and the use of Tallboy and Grand Slam weapons. Written in clear narrative form, the book treats the Lancaster with respect but not mythology. It honours the courage of aircrew and ground crews while also examining the civilian suffering, moral controversy, and strategic debate surrounding the bombing campaign. The result is a balanced history of an aircraft that carried engineering brilliance, human courage, industrial effort, and moral weight through the darkness of the Second World War. AI (illustratore).…