Masters of the Air

This military history follows the American Eighth Air Force from its arrival in wartime Britain through the daylight bombing campaign against German industry and cities. Miller reconstructs training, the building of East Anglian airfields, and the experience of bomber crews flying B-17s and B-24s under fighter attack and flak. He tracks shifts in doctrine-unescorted deep raids, the arrival of long-range fighters, arguments over precision versus area targets-and the losses that made a completed tour of missions statistically unlikely. The book also covers occupation of the air war's aftermath, prisoners of war, and the moral and strategic debates that surrounded bombing civilians and factories.

Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a wrap-around monochrome photo. Dark blue slipcase blocked in colour on the cover with an air force badge. Fold-out aeroplane plans in a separate blocked pocket.