Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record

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Summary: Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record
Review: I found this book to be very exciting. I grew up as a child of an Air Force officer and enjoyed the life of being around aircraft, uniforms and all that goes with this life. I found the book to be very knowledgeable and informative. It is accurate and has many subjects that at the time were not allowed to be discussed openly (EX:The Patricia Lynn). I discovered this book by chance (I was looking for a birthday gift for my father)and was very pleased and surprised that it had a photograph of my father, who also was not aware of this book or of him being in the book. My father talks about alot of the history in this book and shares alot of the stories of the people he knows and of certain events. To the author, thank you for writing and taking the time to reware these men and publish what alot of people did and still do. I also find this book to be a good example of what the Air Force offered and offer today.

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Summary: The Standard
Review: To those who flew and maintained it, the B-57 was a way of life. Through its nearly fifty year lifespan, the B-57 Canberra was unarguably one of the most used - workhorse formats for the Air Force . Level bomber, nuclear weapons delivery, dive bomber in Vietnam, reconnaisance, spy plane, tow target, show piece, electronic counter-measures, even a try at transportation and inflight refueling. This book is the complete guide to the B-57 Canberra from inception to disposal of the aircraft. Here are the stories of its development, how the Air Force used it and the men who flew it and how some of them died.