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Offline Guppy35

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WW2 historian Roger Freeman passed away
« on: October 08, 2005, 11:35:15 PM »
Just saw on another board that Roger Freeman, WW2 aviation author passed away.  His best and most important work I think was "The Mighty Eighth" about the 8th AF in WW2.  My copy has been used to the point of falling apart.  He wrote two other works on the 8th to complete a trilogy on it as well as numerous other books that are part of the back bone of any good aviation history library.

If you haven't read his stuff, it's well worth the time to track it down.
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Offline Pooh21

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WW2 historian Roger Freeman passed away
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2005, 02:00:52 PM »
that sucks, my copy of the The Mighty Eighth  is falling apart too
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WW2 historian Roger Freeman passed away
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2005, 04:01:40 PM »
Sad!

He wrote some great books.

All the best,

Crumpp
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Offline Oldman731

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Re: WW2 historian Roger Freeman passed away
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2005, 05:41:18 PM »
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Originally posted by Guppy35
If you haven't read his stuff, it's well worth the time to track it down.

Yup.  He was a man who really did his research, often to the point of tracking down the ultimate fates of each of the planes in the photos that accompanied the text.  "The Mighty Eighth" is one of those Ultimate Sources.



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