B-24 Liberator and WWII RESOURCES These are only some of the books and videos that we have used in our research of my Grandad's service in WWII with the Eighth Air Force. We hope this list helps out those who are just getting started in their research. Note: Information in italics is my general description of the information in the book- it is not part of the title. EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOOKS Aces of the Eighth GB Stafford, WN Hess 1973 Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now Roger A Freeman 1978 B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force Robert Dorr Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories McLachlan & Zorn 1992 Eighth Air Force Story Kenn C Rust 1978 Fields of Little America (8th AF division) Martin Bowman 1983 Hell in the Heavens: Ill-fated 8th Air Force Bomb Group Missions William N Hess 2000 One Last Look: A Sentimental Journey to the Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Bases of World War II in England Philip Kaplan & Rex Allen Smith 1983 Second Air Division (general history and veterans roster) Turner Publishing 1994 Tales to Noses Over Berlin: The Eighth Air Force Missions Ray Bowden 1996 Target Germany: The US Army Air Forces� Official Story of the VIII Bomber Commands� First Year Over Europe London: His Majesty�s Stationary Office 1944 The Mighty Eighth Gerald Astor 1997 The Mighty Eighth in Color Roger Freeman 1992 The Mighty Eighth War Diary Roger A. Freeman The Mighty Eighth: A History of the U.S.8th Army Air Corps Air Force Roger A. Freeman 1970 The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint & Heraldry Roger A. Freeman 1997 Those Brave Crews (Ploesti mission) Ray Ward 1989 1000 Day Battle (448th BG) James Hoseason 1979 B-24 BOOKS B-24 Liberator 1939-45 Martin Bowman 1989 B-24 Liberator in Action #80 P Manley, D Greer 1987 B-24 Nose Art Directory Wallace Forman 1998 Bomber Command: American Bombers in Original WWII Color Jeffrey L. Ethell 1994 B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War Robert Dorr 1999 Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team John Steinbeck 1942 Consolidated B-24 Liberator John M & Donna Campbell 1993 Consolidated B-24 Liberator Martin Bowman 1998 Consolidated B-24 Liberator (Warbird series) Frederick Johnsen 1996 Great American Bombers of WWII William Hess, Frederick A Johnsen, Chester Marshall 1998 Great Bombers of WWII (B17, B24, B29) William N Ness 1998 Liberator Album: B-24s of 2nd Air Division, USAAF Mike Bailey, Tony North 1998 Log of the Liberators Steve Birdsall 1973 Markings and Camouflage 1941-1945 Consolidated B-24 EA Munday 1972 Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber Factory Constance Reid, Claire Marie Allen 1944 1999 The B-24 Liberator in Action Steve Birdsall 1975 The B-24 Liberator: a pictorial history Allan G Blue 1975 The B-24/PB4Y in Combat: The World�s Greatest Bomber Rhodes Arnold 1990 1994 The Gatefold Book of World War II Warplanes Barnes & Noble Books 1995 The Liberator Legend: The Plane and the People (general history and veterans roster) 1990 The Story of the Bomber 1914-1915 Bryan Cooper 1974 Thunder in the Heavens: Classic American Aircraft of WWII Martin Bowman 1994 WWII Noseart in Color Jeffrey L. Ethell 1993 CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT BOOKS US Army Air Force: 1 (Elite Series #46) Gordon Rottman & Francis Chin 1993 US Army Air Force: 2 Gordon Rottman & Francis Chin 1993 USAAF Handbook 1939-1945 Martin W. Bowman 1997 PERSONAL STORIES A Wing and a Prayer Harry Crosby 1993 After the Liberators: A Father�s Last Mission, A Son�s Lifelong Journey William C. McGuire 1999 Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of WWII Philip Ardery 1978 Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories McLachlan & Zorn 1992 Experiences of War: American Airmen in Europe Roger Freeman 1991 Flight to Everywhere (B-24 transports) Ivan Dimitri 1944 Screaming Eagle: Memoirs of a B-17 Commander Dale Smith (384th CO, Colonel) Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber Factory Constance Reid, Claire Marie Allen 1944 1999 The Forbidden Diary: a B-24 navigator remembers John L Stewart 1998 Wing Ding, Memories of a Tail Gunner Gene Carson 2001 Wings of Morning: Last American Bomber Shot Down Thomas Childers 1995 |
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