{"product_id":"the-44th-bomb-group-in-ron-mackay-9780764318856","title":"The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The \"Flying Eight-Balls\" Over Europe in the B-24","description":"The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the \"pioneer\" unit for what evolved from the \"Mighty Eighth's\" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a material cost of around 200 aircraft, and a human cost of some 2,000 airmen MIA, as the 8th USAAF focused its strategic bombing campaign in the face of determined Luftwaffe opposition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron MacKay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0764318853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780764318856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schiffer Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 9.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Ron MacKay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947110531327,"sku":"9780764318856","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_286a3e05-b493-49c0-b600-835fc6ecb5c3.jpg?v=1681516775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-44th-bomb-group-in-ron-mackay-9780764318856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}