The 464th Bomb Group in WWII : In Action over the Third Reich with the B-24 Liberator [Import] [Hardcover]

Michael Hill (Author)

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• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764316281
• ISBN-13: 978-0764316289
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sure to be the definitive 464th Bomb Group History, August 12, 2011

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This accomplishment by Mike Hill & Betty Karle is sure to stand as the definitive 464th Bomb Group history. Their focus is what also makes it an epic human window into war itself that any reader will appreciate. Beautifully produced, a heavy hard-cover worth the price. "The 464th" is an historian's anchor-work, detailed, comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, with multiple supplements. "Just the facts" eyewitnessed day by day, from the training of every B-24 Liberator crewman to their lives and losses in 2 years of flying from Pantanella in southern Italy. To their last combat missions they flew with a host of other Fifteenth Army Air Force units against every major southern target and kind of German opposition in occupied Europe, and these aspects expand the book's panorama of accounts and sources, hence its usefulness to scholars of other subjects and appeal to any WWII reader. My father S/Sgt. Jack Dempsey flew nose-turret on 58 missions with the 464th BG (July 1944-February 1945), and everything he told me (almost!) is here, down to the last named crewman's story wherever possible. Superbly organized (although a detailed subject-index to the pages would have crowned it), every page is vivid, dramatic, human, horrifying, and finally amazing---that men could endure, give and accomplish so much in an almost-impossible situation, for a crucial cause. You can see a lot more about 464th Bomb Group experiences and the Fifteenth Army Air Force including a veteran's interview at ANCIENTLIGHTS.ORG