Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Of every 100 operational airmen in World War II, nine were killed flying in England and three severely injured in crashes; non-operational casualties numbered more than 15,000. Operational casualties were chillingly grim—more than 56,000 airmen died in World War II, more than half those involved. George Culling was a 19-year-old Lancaster navigator whose experiences often involved battling tricky and dangerous conditions. Fascinated by the ever-present...

Examination and history of the U.S. fighters and bombers of World War II.

"The gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state. In 1948, only three years after the Holocaust, the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states. The invaders vowed to annihilate the tiny country and its 600,000 settlers. A second Holocaust was in the making. Outnumbered sixty to one, the Israelis had no allies, no regular army, no air force,...

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing twenty-three different military vehicles, including attack helicopters, warplanes, a humvee, tanks, and a guided missile submarine.

Discusses the developments in aerial bombing from the beginning of flight to the grand strategies of World War II.