Bibliograph

A wing and a prayer, the "Bloody 100th" bomb group of the US Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II, Harry H. Crosby

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A wing and a prayer, the "Bloody 100th" bomb group of the US Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II, Harry H. Crosby

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A wing and a prayer

Oclc number

1264401113

Responsibility statement

Harry H. Crosby

Sub title

the "Bloody 100th" bomb group of the US Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II

Summary

They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the "Bloody Hundredth" a legend

Table Of Contents

Practice mission to the Orkneys -- Trondheim -- Thorpe Abbotts -- Flying with Brady -- Curtis LeMay in action -- Home by Christmas -- The screw-up -- North Africa via Regensburg -- New job: squadron navigator -- Bremen: last mission with Blakely -- Marienburg and Munster -- The mission to nowhere -- New job: group navigator -- Going native -- Learning about Americans from the British -- John Bennett as group commander -- Hard life at Thorpe Abbotts -- D-Day -- The tactical and strategic war -- The Russia shuttle -- With Landra in London -- R&R with Jean -- Rosie -- London junket -- Last mission -- General Spaatz in Paris -- Operation Manna-Chowhound -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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