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Tillman, Barrett.

Title Forgotten Fifteenth : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine / Barrett Tillman.

Publication Info.

Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Local History	AVONHISTORY 940.5449 TILLMAN	In-Library Use Only
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	940.544973 TILLMAN	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department	940.544 TILLMAN	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references( pages 311-314) and index.
Contents	Up from the desert: November 1943/January 1944 -- The winter war: January/March 1944 -- Italian spring: March/June 1944 -- East to Ploesti: April/June 1944 -- Mediterranean summer: July/September 1944 -- Other players: 1944/1945 -- Air supremacy: September/December 1944 -- Mission accomplished: January/May 1945 -- Legacy.
Summary	The story of the U.S. Army's Fifteenth Air Force who waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich's southern flank, a campaign that contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history.
Subject	United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Region.
	United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th. (OCoLC)fst00627442
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Military operations, Aerial -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710199
	Mediterranean Region. (OCoLC)fst01239752
Chronological Term	1939 - 1945
ISBN	9781621572084 (hdbd)
	1621572080 (hdbd)

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