Flying Fortress

[losttexan]

Has anyone read "Flying Fortress by Edward Jablonski? I think it is out of print but the hard cover had great true stories, along with the history of the B-17. It even reproduced part of the pilot's manual.

[DHC120]

Has anyone read "Flying Fortress by Edward Jablonski? I think it is out of print but the hard cover had great true stories, along with the history of the B-17. It even reproduced part of the pilot's manual.

Got it in my hot little hands right now..
Copyright of this book was 1965.
My Mom gave me this book some years after my Dad passed away (1970).. He was an AAF/AF Officer & Pilot from '41-'61.. Flew all the Heavy & Very Heavy Bombers, including, of course, the B-17.
The book, Flying Fortress, is packed full of detailed/personal info about the missions and flight crews.. a "Must Have", in my opinion..
Chas.

[Snuffy]

Has anyone read "Flying Fortress by Edward Jablonski? I think it is out of print but the hard cover had great true stories, along with the history of the B-17. It even reproduced part of the pilot's manual.

Got one of my own on the book case at home! Was the first book I got on the B-17 ... it now sits next to every one of Mr. Freeman's works too.

[losttexan]

Snuffy, who is Mr. Freeman? Could it be that I missed a good author? Also, glad to know I'm not the only one who still treasures his copy of Jablonski's book.

[Snuffy]

Snuffy, who is Mr. Freeman? Could it be that I missed a good author? Also, glad to know I'm not the only one who still treasures his copy of Jablonski's book.

Roger A Freeman, just recently passed on he did.

Mr. Freeman took it upon himself to be the 8th USAAF historian, everything you ever wanted to know about the 8th ....

Fer example ...

Book Number 1 of a Triology:
"The Mighty Eighth, A history of the Units, Men, and Machines of the U.S. 8th Air Force" 311 pages of excellent info.

Book Number 2 of a Triology:
"Mighty Eighth War Diary" 508 pages of all the missions of the 8th U.S.A.A.F.

Book Number 3 of a Triology:
"The Mighty Eighth War Manual" 319 pages of operating procedure and other interesting artifacts, including radar and Norden use and etc.

Book Number 4:
"The Mighty Eighth, The Color Record" 224 pages of color pictures of the 8th.

Book Number 5:
"The Mighty Eighth, Warpaint and Heraldry" 160 pages of insignia, markings, paint schemes, squadron and group colors and much more. Some nose art included.

Book Number 6:
"Airfields of the Eighth, Then and Now" 240 pages of info pertaining to all the airfields used by the 8th B.C. and 8th F.C. during its stay in England. Lots of maps and other info.

All a good read. If there is anything you might need to know please feel free to PM me and I'll see what I can find in this little library. Of course these books comprise only a small section of my overall library concerning the 8th, I have about 8 more books by various authors covering a varity of subjects. I regret that none of what I have currently are life stories, rather they are all historically related to the eighth.

Only 1,762 pages written by Freeman. I have no clue how many pictures I have combined in these 6 books, but I can tell you there is at least 1 on every page if it is averaged out.

[losttexan]

Snuffy, all I can say is WOW! I'm fascinated with the airfields of the 8th. I've done some looking for pics on the Web, without much success.

I freely admit to being new to the forum world, so what does "PM" mean in your note?

If you're interested, I did find a cool site on old airfields in the U.S. at http://www.airfields-freeman.com/index.htm. I think this is where I found pics of the original Washington airport on the site of what is now the Pentagon. What a small field for a country's capital airport!

[Snuffy]

... I freely admit to being new to the forum world, so what does "PM" mean in your note? ...

PM means Private Message. See the blue link in the upper right hand corner of your screen under the welcome text.

Thanks for the link too btw. :)

[losttexan]

Snuffy, I finally found the PMs using the member list. It looks like I have to have 5 posts before the system will let me PM. If each one of these counts as a post, I'll be there soon.

Glad you liked the airfield site. I suddenly noticed that the airfield site is a guy named Freeman, too. Paul Freeman. I wonder if they were related with such a mutual interest.

[Snuffy]

... Glad you liked the airfield site. I suddenly noticed that the airfield site is a guy named Freeman, too. Paul Freeman. I wonder if they were related with such a mutual interest.

Hard to say whether they are related or not, however based on what I do know, Roger was an English gentleman who lived in the area of his intense interests on the English Isle

With Paul, listing little known U.S. airports, I'd have to say he's probably an American and they were a whole ocean apart.

As I said earlier, Roger just passed away, being a child of that generation.

Keep up the good work on the posts.