Douglas B-18 Bolo: The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to U-Boat Hunter
By (Author) William Wolf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
17th January 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
Air forces and warfare
History: specific events and topics
Hardback
216
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
1406g
William Wolf brings his meticulous research to describe the little known Douglas B-18 Bolo which was America's most numerous front line bomber at the time of Pearl Harbor. Over the years the story of the airliner turned bomber has languished in obscurity and the few articles on the subject in popular aviation magazines have emphasized its faults and maligned it as a budget bomber that had few virtues. Wolf's comprehensive book is the first ever on the subject and gives the reader the definitive description and appraisal of this neglected bomber's development, testing, manufacture, the aircraft per se, and combat experience. 260 colour & b/w photographs
Dr. William Wolf is a retired dentist whose passion is WWII air combat. He has over 22,000 books and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library, and is the author of many books and numerous articles on WWII aviation history.