Author: Raymond E. Brim
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
Pathfinder Pioneer
Author: Raymond E. Brim
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
The Wind and Beyond
Author: Theodore Von Kármán
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Holstein-Friesian Herd Book
Author: Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1414
Book Description
Dairy-Herd-Improvement-Association Letter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1963
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1552
Book Description
Type and Production Yearbook
Author: Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
American Duroc-Jersey Record
Author: American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Reusable Launch Vehicles and Space Operations
Author: John E. Ward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation, and Enrichment Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Uranium
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Uranium
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description