Pacific Profiles. Volume 16. Allied Bombers: B-17 Flying Fortress series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons, 1942-1944
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2024.
Small quarto, 124 pages with numerous illustrations (many from photographs, many in colour, including aircraft profiles and other illustrations by the author).
Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy.
The B-17E/F 'served from their first appearance in Australia in the early weeks of the Pacific War until the final commander's Fortress was scrapped in late 1944. The Fortress served with eighteen USAAF bombardment squadrons whilst many, after being stripped down and modified, went on to serve as transports and commander's aircraft' (from the blurb).
Item #144393
Price (AUD):
$37.00
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