The famous B-24 "Witchcraft" : the enchanted liberator : a unique U.S. bomber's experience during WWII / Perry Watts.
Material type: TextPublisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 168 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, maps, portraits ; 29 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0764348884
- 9780764348884
- Title on title page and running title: Detailed history of the famous B-24H-FO 15 42-52534 Witchcraft : 790th Squadron, 467th bombardment group (H), US 8th Air Force USAAF
- Unique United States bomber's experience during World War II
- Enchanted liberator : a unique U.S. bomber's experience during World War II
- Unique U.S. bomber's experience during World War II
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 467th -- History
- Witchcraft (B-24 bomber)
- B-24 (Bomber)
- Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Flight crews -- United States -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 940.5449 W352 | Available | 33111008025286 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book captures the story of "Witchcraft," a B-24 Liberator, based in Rackheath, England, toward the end of World War II, that had a unique record in the 8th Army Air Force of flying 130 credited missions without aborting.This is a sequel to author Perry Watts' 2006 book (also published by Schiffer) on the 467th Heavy Bombardment Group, which sets this Liberator in context. In this book, Watts starts with Witchcraft's creation in the then-largest factory in the world in Michigan, then chronicles its transit like many Liberators to the UK via Brazil and Africa. The narrative provides detailed stories of Witchcraft's often hazardous missions with its Group over occupied Europe and during the battle for Germany 1944-5. This is a special testimony to why and how the B-24 played a key role in the World War II liberation of occupied Europe.
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