[303rd-Talk] Masters of the Air

[Tooley, Dave]

Bob,
In one of the recent issues of World War II magazine this book was
reviewed and they found many errors just as you did.  They did not
completely pan the book as I recall, because they did find some
redeeming qualities to it.  But overall it was disappointing.

BTW, if you are not familiar with the magazine, it is excellent.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:303rd-talk-bounces at 303rdBG.com] On Behalf Of Bob Van Pelt
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 1:15 PM
To: 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum
Subject: [303rd-Talk] Masters of the Air

I have waited a couple of months for a copy of this book to be sold in
my small little community, but finally found one last night.  I got to
page 7 before I could go no farther.  I found three major errors in just
seven pages:
   
    
   On the map showing the bases at the very beginning of the book, it
does not list all of the Bomb Groups in East Anglia that were in use by
D-Day.  The box textually lists all of the bases, but they are not
graphically depicted on the map.  The 303rd was not even listed!   
   On the footnote at the bottom of one of the first few pages when he
was talking about the Bloody Hundredth, he says Bomb Group was short for
Bombardment Group.  Shouldn't that have been Bombardment Group (Heavy)?
Big difference between (Light), (Medium), (Heavy) and (Very Heavy).  
   And the most glaring error he mentions a couple of times in the first
few pages is the strategic bombing offensive was the longest battle of
the war in Europe.  Wasn't that the Battle of the Atlantic against the
U-Boat threat that went back to 1939.   

  Has anyone read the entire book?  And are there many of these kinds of
mistakes in the rest of the book?
  Bob Van Pelt

 
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