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Stalking the U-Boat: USAAF Offensive Antisubmarine Operations in World War II
by Max Schoenfeld
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1560984031
- ISBN 13
- 9781560984030
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€14.01€9.81
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995 Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 1995. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to lower rear tip; small splash stain on textblock fore edge and bottom. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 231 pp 8vo. This book recounts the untold story of the U.S. Army Air Forces' (USAAF) antisubmarine operations against German U-boats in WWII, during the crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic in late 1942 and 1943. During this period, the 479th and 480th USAAF Antisubmarine Groups, deployed to England and North Africa, worked with the Royal Air Force to stop German U-Boats before they could prey on Allied commerce and supply routes in the shipping corridors of the North Atlantic. Although the Americans scored some notable successes against U-boats, the Luftwaffe would become by mid-1943 a major enemy contesting the air over the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Portugal. By the end of 1943, the U.S. Navy assumed sole American responsibility for antisubmarine warfare, but not before USAAF planes and men had made a distinctive contribution to the battle at sea. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016845
- Title
- Stalking the U-Boat: USAAF Offensive Antisubmarine Operations in World War II
- Author
- Max Schoenfeld
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1560984031
- ISBN 13
- 9781560984030
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, United States Army, United States Army Air Force, United States Navy, antisubmarine warfare, Supply routes, torpedo attacks, convoy operations, USAAF, Royal Air Force, Catalina PBY, B-17, B-24, German Submarines, German U-Boats, Admiral Doen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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