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PublisherBoston Mills Press

ISBN-101550464868

ISBN-139781550464863

eBay Product ID (ePID)63748713

Product Key Features

Book TitleGunner : an Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicMilitary / World War II, Aviation / History, Military / Aviation

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, History

AuthorDonald Nijboer

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length12 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsOriginal, high quality photographs and artwork to illustrate the business ends of 37 WWII combat aircraft... a winner.

Dewey Edition21

Photographed byPatterson, Dan

Dewey Decimal358.4/283

Table Of ContentForeward by Ron Dick and Bill Cole Introduction Backwards into Battle Running the Gauntlet Aerial Weapons Four Engine Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Consolidated B-24 Liberator Boeing B-29 Superfortress Avro Lancaster Handley Page Halifax Twin Engine North American B-25 Mitchell Martin B-26 Marauder Douglas A-20 Havoc Consolidated PBY Catalina Bristol Blenheim Vickers Wellington Messerschmitt Bf 110 Junkers Ju 88 Heinkel He 111 Messerschmitt Me 410 Savio-Marchetti S.M. 79 Sparviero Single Engine Douglas SBD Dauntless Grumman TBF Avenger Fairey Battle Boulton Paul Defiant Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Bibliography Index

SynopsisNow in paperback: A pictorial history of WWII aircraft gunner positions featuring detailed photographs of the cramped positions, aircraft profiles, archival photographs, and descriptions by veterans about what it was like., "Inside the gunners' turrets of World War II's finest fighter aircraft" In this superb book, aviation experts Donald Nijboer and Dan Patterson expose the firing positions of World War II aircraft and show the gunners' turrets in which so many young airmen fought and died. Here are the stories from veteran gunners that describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly in and fight from World War II's classic aircraft. Gunner provides documented accounts of men who learned to shoot at moving targets from a moving platform, facing the terrible odds of survival in this highly dangerous combat environment. Aircraft profiled include: Boeing B-17 Superfortress Messerschmitt ME 410 Avro Lancaster Grumman TBF Avenger Douglas A-20 Havoc Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik Bristol Blenheim, Inside the gunners' turrets of World War II's finest fighter aircraft In this superb book, aviation experts Donald Nijboer and Dan Patterson expose the firing positions of World War II aircraft and show the gunners' turrets in which so many young airmen fought and died. Here are the stories from veteran gunners that describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly in and fight from World War II's classic aircraft. Gunner provides documented accounts of men who learned to shoot at moving targets from a moving platform, facing the terrible odds of survival in this highly dangerous combat environment. Aircraft profiled include: Boeing B-17 Superfortress Messerschmitt ME 410 Avro Lancaster Grumman TBF Avenger Douglas A-20 Havoc Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik Bristol Blenheim, Through Patterson's remarkable photography and Nijboer's interviews with veterans, "Gunner" allows readers to imagine what it must have been like to be an air gunner in the Second World War. 150 color photos plus historical b&w photos.

LC Classification NumberUG1240