Author: George Webster
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811733882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews has to fly twenty-five -and eventually thirty-before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the armada of Allied aircraft that pummeled Germany day after day. Radioman George Webster recounts the terrors they confronted: physical and mental exhaustion, bitter cold at high altitudes, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting among bombers like feeding sharks. George Wester was a B-17 radio operator in the 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. On his twenty-fifth mission in May 1944, his bomber was forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden, where he and his crewmates were interned for the war's duration.
The Savage Sky
Author: George Webster
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811733882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews has to fly twenty-five -and eventually thirty-before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the armada of Allied aircraft that pummeled Germany day after day. Radioman George Webster recounts the terrors they confronted: physical and mental exhaustion, bitter cold at high altitudes, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting among bombers like feeding sharks. George Wester was a B-17 radio operator in the 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. On his twenty-fifth mission in May 1944, his bomber was forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden, where he and his crewmates were interned for the war's duration.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811733882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews has to fly twenty-five -and eventually thirty-before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the armada of Allied aircraft that pummeled Germany day after day. Radioman George Webster recounts the terrors they confronted: physical and mental exhaustion, bitter cold at high altitudes, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting among bombers like feeding sharks. George Wester was a B-17 radio operator in the 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. On his twenty-fifth mission in May 1944, his bomber was forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden, where he and his crewmates were interned for the war's duration.
Savage Sky
Author: Elizabeth Darrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718141905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718141905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Savage Sky
Author: Richard Townshend Bickers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Savage Sky
Author: Emma Drummond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671015824
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671015824
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This Savage Sky
Author: Stella Whitelaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263126266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263126266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Savage Sky
Author: Random House
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099877165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099877165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Savage Sky
Author: Mark Crammond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
A Rope from the Sky
Author: Zach Vertin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643130889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
The untold story of America's attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse. South Sudan's independence was celebrated around the world—a triumph for global justice and an end to one of the world's most devastating wars. But the party would not last long: South Sudan's freedom fighters soon plunged their new nation into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their foreign backers. Chronicling extraordinary stories of hope, identity, and survival, A Rope from the Sky journeys inside an epic tale of paradise won and then lost. This character-driven narrative is first a story of power, promise, greed, compassion, violence, and redemption from the world's most neglected patch of territory. But it is also a story about the best and worst of America—both its big-hearted ideals and its difficult reckoning with the limits of American power amid a changing global landscape. Zach's Vertin's firsthand acounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, brings readers inside this remarkable episode—an unprecedented experiment in state-building and a cautionary tale. It is brilliant and breathtaking, a moder-day Greek tragedy that will challenge our perspectives on global politics.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643130889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
The untold story of America's attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse. South Sudan's independence was celebrated around the world—a triumph for global justice and an end to one of the world's most devastating wars. But the party would not last long: South Sudan's freedom fighters soon plunged their new nation into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their foreign backers. Chronicling extraordinary stories of hope, identity, and survival, A Rope from the Sky journeys inside an epic tale of paradise won and then lost. This character-driven narrative is first a story of power, promise, greed, compassion, violence, and redemption from the world's most neglected patch of territory. But it is also a story about the best and worst of America—both its big-hearted ideals and its difficult reckoning with the limits of American power amid a changing global landscape. Zach's Vertin's firsthand acounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, brings readers inside this remarkable episode—an unprecedented experiment in state-building and a cautionary tale. It is brilliant and breathtaking, a moder-day Greek tragedy that will challenge our perspectives on global politics.
Savage Sky C
Author: Emma Drummond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780401819845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780401819845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Lemon Sky
Author: Lanford Wilson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822206521
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
THE STORY: At seventeen, Alan visits the California home of his father and his father's former mistress turned wife. His father's life now centers around his two young sons, a tiresome job at an aircraft plant, and two teenage girls who are boarded
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822206521
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
THE STORY: At seventeen, Alan visits the California home of his father and his father's former mistress turned wife. His father's life now centers around his two young sons, a tiresome job at an aircraft plant, and two teenage girls who are boarded