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    Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine

    By Barrett Tillman

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    November 1943May 1945The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry.

    In his new book, The Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine, Tillman brings into focus a seldom-seen multinational cast of characters, including pilots from Axis nations Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and many more remarkable individuals. They were the first generation of fliersfew of them professionalsto conduct a strategic bombing campaign against a major industrial nation. They suffered steady attrition and occasionally spectacular losses. In so doing, they contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history.

    The Forgotten Fifteenth is the first-ever detailed account of the Fifteenth Air Force in World War II and the brave men that history has abandoned. This book is a must-read for military history enthusiasts, veterans, current servicemen and their families. Includes glossy photo signature of historic pictures and documents
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRegnery History
    Release dateJun 2, 2014
    ISBN9781621572350
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    Barrett Tillman

    Barrett Tillman is a widely recognized authority on air warfare in World War II and the author of more than forty nonfiction and fiction books on military topics. He has received six awards for history and literature, including the Admiral Arthur Radford Award. He lives in Mesa, Arizona.

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    • 3/5
      Adequate re-telling of the WWII air war as fought from the South of Europe. Good detail. But it is a date and time history with very little about the human part. The work might have fared better if the story of one or two missions was detailed from beginning to end. There is no question that the work of the 15th was overshadowed by 8th, and this is unfortunate since men died just as often over Ploesti as over Berlin.
    • 4/5
      This book covers the story and exploits of the 15th AAF in World War II from its inception and duration during the long campaign based out of southern Italy. I took particular interest as my dad served with the 15th as a support machinist for the aircraft launching there missions into southern Europe. The relentless bombing particularly of the Ploesti oil refineries as it turned out though taking a great toll on these men and machines became a deciding factor in bringing a halt to Hitler's Wermacht machine.As pointed out in the book the 15th played second fiddle through the war to the vaunted Mighty 8th based out of England. A number of factors contributed to this but the bravery and sacrifice of these airmen is certainly is no less significant up against the 8th. They are called the Greatest Generation and for good reason. What these men took on can not be underestimated in its scope and significance for creating a world free from the tyranny that called them to action. A book much appreciated for telling one of those stories that all of us need to witness.
    • 3/5
      I am a huge history fan and really enjoy reading about new aspects that I have not been very knowledgeable about. This book should have fit the bill. However, I just could not get engaged with this book. It read so stale and lifeless that I put it down after less than 100 pages. I am very disappointed. I think the author would have been much better served to include much more of the human aspect and a bit less on the dry facts figures and dates.