USAAF AT WAR Vol 1 (1942-45)
Audiobook CD on CD41 label
ISBN: 978-1-906310-03-5


USAAF AT WAR (VOL 1) 1942-45 CD41-029 £10.00
69 minutes of rare audio material recorded before, during and after combat operations by men of the United States Army Air Force in the European Theatre. As well as fighter pilots and bomber crews of the 8th and 9th Air Forces, the 22 tracks also include pilots of transport, ground attack and troop carrier aircraft. All interview recordings are first-hand, eyewitness accounts made by the crews themselves at the material time. Notable missions include the daring low-level B-24 raid on the Ploesti oilfields in Romania in August 1943, operations over Normandy in June 1944, a B-17 shuttle raid to Russia in 1944, the Ardennes campaign, the Rhine crossing, and daylight raids on Bremen, Lorient and Berlin. Famous aircraft types involved include Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters (the 'Little Friends'), and Liberator, Marauder and Flying Fortress bombers. The CD also includes intercom recordings made on board the famous B-17 Memphis Belle during a raid on Wilhelmshaven in May 1943. Of particular interest are accounts of the actions which lead to the award of the Medal of Honor to Forrest L. Vosler and Edward S. Michael, and a revealing account of early type B-17s in RAF service in 1941. In addition the CD begins with an evocative medley recording by Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra from 1944. To read sleeve notes click here. To purchase CD click here.

Full tracklist:

GLENN MILLER: I SUSTAIN THE WINGS
LORIENT U-BOAT PEN RAID January 1943
MEMPHIS BELLE May 1943
PLOESTI OILFIELD RAID August 1943
JERSEY BOUNCE JR: MEDAL OF HONOR February 1944
LITTLE FRIENDS: P-51 MUSTANG ESCORT June 1944
BERTIE LEE: MEDAL OF HONOR May 1944
MELDUNG ANS REICH: LUFTANGRIFF
D-DAY: LEAFLET RAID June 1944
D-DAY: C-47 TROOP CARRIER June 1944
CHERBOURG: P-47 AIR SUPPORT June 1944
B-17 SHUTTLE RAID TO RUSSIA July 1944
NORMANDY: B-26 MARAUDER July 1944
SUPPLY MISSION TO WARSAW September 1944
ARDENNES: P-47 THUNDERBOLT December 1944
362ND FIGHTER GROUP PILOTS December 1944
DAMAGED B-26 MARAUDER January 1945
B-17 FLYING FORTRESS: BALING-OUT January 45
BERLIN RAID: FLYING FORTRESS February 1945
BERLIN RAID: MUSTANG ESCORT February 1945
B-24 LIBERATOR: RHINE SUPPLY DROP March 45
B-17 FLYING FORTRESS: RAF SERVICE September 1941
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