Carl H. Moore

Flying the B-26 Marauder Over Europe

Memoir of a World War II Navigator, 2d ed.

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Produktbeschreibung

"This is the story of my experiences with the medium bomber designated by the Army as a B-26 and named by the British the Marauder. The book includes a history of the development of the plane. My war experience began with ferrying our Marauder to England, which included a Sahara Desert stretch from Dakar to Marrakesh. Less than a third of the way there we lost the right engine but flew on safely on one engine, making an emergency landing at the oasis village of Tindouf, an old French Foreign Legion base. The Marauders were involved in the tragic, low-level mission over the E-boat pens in Holland where 60 percent of the officers and airmen and all ten aircraft were lost. This mission resulted in a reconsideration of low level operations in Europe (decision: move to medium altitude). My journal entries were created after each mission and offer details (target, date, crew members, their emotions, action narrative) of 50 combat missions (Appendix A). Considerable background on the design and construction of the Marauder is included, as well as a description of the B-26 reconstructed by the Confederate (now: Commemorative) Air Force. The book ends with a description of each of the crew members and their activity since the war if available."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473571
• ISBN-10: 0786473576
• Artikelnr.: 37148295

Autorenporträt

The late Carl H. Moore wrote several books about economic history. He lived in San Antonio, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Part I : The Memoir
1.
Development of the Marauder
2.
Pearl Harbor: Marauders in the Paci
c-Cadet Training
3.
Operational Training: Getting Ready for Combat
4.
The Long Way to England
5.
What Good Are These Marauders?
6.
Combat Mission Procedures
7.
Pre-Invasion Targets: Noballs, Rail Yards and Bridges
8.
D-Day and Support of Ground Troops
9.
Missions I Won't Forget 10.
VE Day and Home 11.
After the War Part II : Logs, Speci
cations, Charts and Miscellanea 12.
Mission Logs 13.
Author's Pilot's Log 14.
Martin B-26 Marauder Cutaway 15.
Leading Particulars 16.
Marauder Speci
cations 17.
Speci
c Engine Flight Charts 18.
Flight Operation Instruction Chart 19.
Summary of Estimated Performance, Model 179 20.
Pilot's Operating Instructions 21.
Marauder Serial Numbers 22.
Group and Squadron Identi
cation Symbols Index