Half A Wing, Three Engines And A Prayer - B-17's Over Germany (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

In 1943, when the outcome of World War II hung in the balance, B-17 crews of the Eighth Air Force flew harrowing, unescorted daylight bombing missions deep into Occupied Europe and Germany. These devastating raids have long been storied in film and fiction, but here is a firsthand, blow-by-blow account of these perilous missions as they really happened. In these pages, youll see the events unfold as they were recorded and recalled by one crews officers and enlisted men (pilot, copilot, navigator, radioman, and gunners), corroborated by other crews they flew with, and painstakingly correlated with the official records of the mens 303rd Hells Angels Bomb Group.

The publication of Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer in 1989 prompted a flood of fresh recollections, correspondence, and personal records from other veterans of the 303rd. This Special Revised Edition incorporates that wealth of new material into a vivid, thorough recreation -- complete with actual combat photographs -- of one of the most dramatic chapters in military aviation history.

New in this Special Revised Edition:
* New veteran interviews
* Expanded coverage
* Revised data
* 90 photographs & illustrations
* Epilogue: crewmens post-war careers

A well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crews experience...excellent. -- Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth

The best collection of stories about a B-17 Bomb Group that has ever been published. -- Harry D. Gobrecht, President, 303rd Bomb Group Association and author of Might in Flight: Daily Diary of the Eighth Air Forces Hells Angels Bomb Group

General

Imprint:	McGraw-Hill Education
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	An Aviation Week Book
Release date:	May 1999
First published:	April 1999
Authors:	Brian O'Neill
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	454
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-07-134145-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-07-134145-5
Barcode:	9780071341455

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