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The wild blue : the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany
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"The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary ...
"The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with the same vivid detail and affection."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Stephen E. Ambrose
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780743203395, 0743203399
- OCLC
- ocm46419848
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
- Ch. 1. Where They Came From -- Ch. 2. Training -- Ch. 3. Learning to Fly the B-24 -- Ch. 4. The Fifteenth Air Force -- Ch. 5. Cerignola, Italy -- Ch. 6. Learning to Fly in Combat -- Ch. 7. December 1944 -- Ch. 8. The Isle of Capri -- Ch. 9. The Tuskegee Airmen Fly Cover: February 1945 -- Ch. 10. Missions over Austria: March 1945 -- Ch. 11. Linz: The Last Mission: April 1945
Subjects
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012.
- Dakota Queen (B-24 bomber)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 741st -- History.
- United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.
- B-24 (Bomber)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
- Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
- Flight crews -- United States -- Biography.