Category - Non Fiction / History
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Like New
Listed - 2 months ago
Views - 2
Ships From - Oklahoma
Est. Publication Date - Dec 2001
Seller Description
With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become a United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes. Many went down in flames.
Additional Information
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany 1944-1945
ISBN: 9780743203395
Publisher Description
Examines the lives of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous missions during World War II.
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