Black Thursday: The Story Of The Schweinfurt Raid

Name: Black Thursday: The Story Of The Schweinfurt Raid
Brand: Literary Licensing, LLC
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By Martin Caidin

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Black Thursday, first published in 1960, is the masterful retelling of the U.S. bombing raid on Schweinfurt, Germany on October 14, 1943. The mission's objective was to destroy * ball-bearing factories (ball-bearings were critical in most machinery). Of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses involved in the attack, 60 planes and 650 men were lost over this heavily defended region. Black Thursday provides an exciting look at the mission: the B-17's background, the briefings, the flight crews and ground crews at work, and, of course, the fateful mission itself. Included are 16 pages of photographs and numerous pen and ink illustrations.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

304

Release Date:

2012-10-20

Publication Date:

2012-10-20

Publisher:

Literary Licensing, LLC

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

125850734X

Weight:

408 g

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