Bomb
Groups in
The books in this series
are A5, pocket sized photo histories of the life and times of the American
service men who were part of the USAAF stationed in
The greater majority
of the photos in all the books were taken by those men with their own cameras. Some
photos were official, some were semi-official and many were very un-official.
The books show how the airfields and the men, their planes and their way of
life through their own eyes. Each one is a unique pictorial time capsule.
They are printed on high quality gloss art paper with a full colour
gloss card cover with the rear cover depicting the colourful jacket patches of
the various operational squadrons. Each book also contains several pages of the
now famous ‘nose Art’ which was one of the trade marks of the USAAF bomber
squadrons. This series will make a great addition to the library of both the
serious student of the history of
The 453rd Bomb Group in
The Liberators of the 453rd Bomb
Group were based at Old Buckenham, just two miles south Attleborough close to Tibenham
and Fersfield airfields. Old Buckenham was in reality USAAF Station 144.
The 453rd arrived in the U.K. during
late December 1943 and bombed continuously (6,655sorties) through until hostilities
ceased in 1945. Although sustaining their share of casualties, the 453rd’s 733 Squadron once managed a run of 82
consecutive missions without the loss of a single aircraft.
GBP £6.00
each (includes postage to
Publication date 2009