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Belle of the Brawl - Letters Home from a B-17 Bombardier (Paperback) Loot Price: R366
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Belle of the Brawl - Letters Home from a B-17 Bombardier (Paperback): Gary A. Best

Belle of the Brawl - Letters Home from a B-17 Bombardier (Paperback)

Gary A. Best

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This wartime biography follows the life of a Second World War B-17 bombardier from the beginning of the war to its conclusion. Based on the 150 letters the airman, Fred Lull, wrote home to his mother, much of the horrors of what he experienced off the wing of his plane, aircraft destroyed, dismemberment by flak, go unshared. Fred did not want his mother to worry and could not tell her: 'I noticed some movement and a flash of light out of the corner of my right eye. The plane that had been flying right next to us had exploded and simply disappeared.' Using the bombardier's combat flight record, research data and interviews of former B-17 crew members, the story unfolds, breaking through the barrier of an unwillingness and inability to tell loved ones of the smell and taste of war.

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Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2011
First published: 2011
Authors: Gary A. Best
Dimensions: 235 x 165 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-6468-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish 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 > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 0-7524-6468-X
Barcode: 9780752464688

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