B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI

By Edward Young

Osprey's study of the B-24 Liberator Units in the CBI Theatre of World War II (1939-1945). The B-24 Liberator was the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces - the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China - each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its missions. Despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Nov 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781782006909

Edward Young

Ruth Young is a missionary, disciple maker, Bible teacher, educator, and a pastor’s. She invites readers to journey with her to experience what God can do when we follow His leading. Her missionary journey to Ghana in West Africa has touched the lives of many people and her mission work with her husband Edward Young in Jackson Michigan bears fruit for God’s glory. The simplicity of the gospel of Jesus Christ is evident in the works of the author. She inspires hope in readers to know the grace of God can carry us beyond human limitations. Just like Moses and Gideon who felt they were not qualified to fulfill the call of God on their lives due to human limitations and family background the author wrestled with her limitations however the grace of God helped her to prevail. She inspires readers to walk by faith and see God perform miracles with ordinary people. She demonstrates how God does extraordinary things through ordinary people.The author’s life story is the manifestation of the Spirit life in Christ that causes us to triumph in all things.