Secret Squadrons of the Eighth Author:Pat Carty, Kenneth Macksey In the midst of other operations during World War II, the U.S. 8th Air Force carried out an extensive psychological warfare effort. Based at small airfields in the English countryside, 8th Air Force squadrons carried out leaflet-dropping missions and also more sophisticated electronic countermeasures against German radio and radar sites. Drawing... more » on many personal accounts, this book combines descriptions of active operations with often poignant stories of the crews' training and life in England. Comprehensive appendices and rare illustrations make this a definitive work on this aspect of the "secret war."« less