Target Berlin: An Epic True Story of Valor and Sacrifice in the War-Torn Skies over Europe (The Air Combat Trilogy #1)

'THE ME 110 WAS FIFTY FEET IN FRONT OF ME. I CLOSED STILL MORE, FIRING SHORT BURSTS. SUDDENLY HE EXPLODED LIKE A BIG SKY ROCKET AND I WENT DOWN THROUGH THE FLAME. I LOOKED DOWN TO SEE A MASS OF FIRE PLUMMETING EARTHWARDS AND CRASH IN THE WOODS BELOW . . .'

’An unputdownable, minute-by-minute account of an epic air battle and a powerful tribute to the heroes who fought in the skies above Nazi Germany' Rowland White, Author of Vulcan 607

On 6 March 1944 US 8th Air Force mounted their first full-scale daylight raid on Berlin. But in taking the battle to Hitler's capital they were to pay a heavy price.

Against one of the most fiercely defended targets of the war, the B-17s and their long-range fighter escorts absorbed terrible punishment at the hands of a desperate Luftwaffe.

Over seventy American aircraft would not return from the mission.

But their courage and sacrifice was not in vain. Nor was it a one-sided fight. So relentless was the Allied air assault in the months before D-Day that the Luftwaffe would be brought to its knees.

'The time has come', reported German ace, General Adolf Galland, 'when collapse is in sight.'Drawing on groundbreaking research and extensive interviews with veterans from both sides of the battle, Target Berlin brings to life a single, critical day's fighting with all the pace and edge-the-seat tension of the best suspense thriller.

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'Masterful. Ethell and Price have done an outstanding job of capturing the tension, valor and skills demonstrated by airmen on both sides of the air battle over Berlin' Air Power History

'The gripping narrative is equal to graphic scenes of World War II bombing campaign movies like Twelve O'Clock High and Command Decision' Military Review

'A masterpiece of historical research brought to life with extraordinary clarity in clean, gripping prose' Rowland White, Author of Vulcan 607

If you like Stephen Ambrose, Adam Makos, Dan Hampton, Adam Makos, Mitchell Zuckoff, Antony Beevor, Max Hastings, James Holland and Rowland White you'll love Ethell and Price

Perfect for fans of A Higher Call, Unbroken, Flags of our Fathers, Memphis Belle, Band of Brothers, Devotion, The Forgotten 500, Flyboys, The Big Show and Carrier Pilot