Claims to Fame: The B-17 Flying Fortress

Hardcover 16x24 cm, 224 pages. The B-17 was the most successful bomber of World War II, and special relationships developed between the aircraft and their crews. This is a collection of "claims to fame" - most missions flown, famous crew members, most damaged, survivor of the most amazing incident, and so on - involving various B-17s. Service details, aircraft specifications and and an illustration are provided for each plane featured.9781854092113