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　　Until World War II aircraft had played only a minor role in

combat, but with the RAF and Luftwaffe fiercely dueling in the

Battle of Britain it was apparent that air superiority would be the

deciding factor in the war. The Eighth Air Force quickly grew from

its first modest effort into the mightiest aerial armada in

history, eventually launching thousand-plane raids. While

Fortresses and Liberators attacked factories, fuel supplies, and

transportation networks, Lightnings, Thunderbolts, and Mustangs

shot enemy fighters from the skies.

But the road to victory was paved with sacrifice. From its

inaugural mission on July 4, 1942, until V-E Day, the Eighth Air

Force lost more men than did the entire United States Marine Corps

in all its campaigns in the Pacific. The Mighty Eighth chronicles

the testimony of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners

who daily put their lives on the line. Their harrowing accounts

recall the excitement and terror of dogfights against Nazi aces,

maneuvering explosive-laden aircraft through deadly flak barrages,

and fending off waves of enemy fighters while coping with subzero

temperatures.

Beginning with the opening salvos from a mere dozen planes,

crewmen describe the raids on Berlin and Dresden, the fiasco at

Ploesti, Romania, and Black Thursday over Schweinfurt. They fell to

the terror of seeing aircraft destroyed--helplessly watching as

comrades crash and burn, or parachute over enemy territory, where

they will attempt to evade enemy capture through the underground.

Others tell of mourning downed airmen murdered by vengeful citizens

and soldiers, and of those who endured captivity in POW camps.

　　Great reading.

　　--Stephen Ambrose

　　"Bold, brawny, epic in scope...Astor captures the fire and

passion of these tens of thousands of U.S. airmen who flew through

the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe."

　　--Stephen Coonts -- Review

　　Gerald Astor is a World War II veteran and award-winning

journalist and historian whose articles have appeared in The New

York Times, Playboy, and Esquire. He is also the author

of A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who

Fought It and Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest

of Okinawa in World War II. He makes his home in Scarsdale, New

York.

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