1943 Target Germany 1st Ed 8th Air Force B-17 Bomber Command WWII Hardcover For Sale

• Work Title: Target: Germany: The Army Air Forces\' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command\'s First Year Over Europe

• Author / Credential: Prepared by the Staff of the VIII Bomber Command; Published in cooperation with LIFE Magazine

• Publisher & Date: Simon and Schuster, New York; 1943 (Stated First Edition / First Printing)

• Printer: Art Color Printing Co., Dunellen, N.J. (includes the official 1943 War Production Board paper-conservation statement on copyright leaf).

• Format & Binding: Quarto hardcover (approx. 8\" x 11\", 121 pages); original dark slate-blue cloth boards with brilliant gold-gilt Eighth Air Force winged star insignia stamped on the front cover.

• Artwork & Maps: Illustrated two-tone endpaper map (\"Targets Attacked by the Eighth Air Force 17 August 1942 – 17 August 1943\"); Eighth Air Force organizational command tree; aerial bomb-strike reconnaissance photos (including Regensburg Bf 109 factory strikes, Schweinfurt ball-bearing plants, and U-boat pens); combat art of B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators.

• Book Title: Target: Germany

• Author: VIII Bomber Command / Life Magazine Staff

• Publisher: Simon and Schuster

• Edition: 1st Edition

• Format: Hardcover Cloth

• Subject: Eighth Air Force, VIII Bomber Command, B-17 Flying Fortress, Daylight Precision Bombing

• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Hardcover Issue, Gilt Cover Insignia, Illustrated Endpaper Maps

• Language: English

Ride along on the daring early daylight precision bombing raids over occupied Europe with this original 1943 First Edition Hardcover of Target: Germany: The Army Air Forces\' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command\'s First Year Over Europe!

Published during the height of World War II by Simon and Schuster in cooperation with LIFE Magazine, this volume represents the primary official combat account of the Mighty Eighth Air Force as they developed the tactics of daylight high-altitude bombing against Nazi Germany.

Key Historical & Aviation Highlights:

• Scarce Hardcover Issue: While widely distributed as a cheap, fragile wartime paperback, original cloth-bound hardcovers with intact cover gilt are considerably scarcer and prized by aviation collectors.

• Legendary Bombing Missions: Covers early historic sorties including the brutal raids on the Regensburg Messerschmitt aircraft factories, Schweinfurt ball-bearing plants, Lille railroad yards, and Atlantic coast U-boat concrete pens.

• Rich Archival Imagery: Features official Eighth Air Force organizational command charts, dramatic aerial bomb-strike reconnaissance photographs, and dynamic combat artwork of B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators in running dogfights with the Luftwaffe.

An essential centerpiece for collectors of WWII 8th Air Force memorabilia, B-17 flight crew history, Eighth Air Force Association members, and vintage aviation literature!

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