Ebook: The wild blue: the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany
Author: McGovern George Stanley, Ambrose Stephen E
- Tags: Bomber pilots--United States, Bombing Aerial--Germany--History--20th century, Flight crews--United States, World War 1939-1945--Aerial operations American, World War 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, Regimental histories, Military operations Aerial--American, B-24 (Bomber), Bomber pilots, Bombing Aerial, Flight crews, History, Biography, Biographies, United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Squadron 741st -- History, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography, Dakota Queen (B-24 bomber), Wo
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
- City: New York;United States;Germany
- Edition: Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed
- Language: English
- epub
Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II.
The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection.
Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and selected the elite few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys—turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B-24s—who suffered over fifty percent casualties.
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...