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Bomber Boys, The by Travis L Ayers Heroes who flew B-17s in WWII Soft Cover
Bomber Boys, The by Travis L Ayers
Heroes who flew the B-17s in World War II
Soft Cover
267 pages
Copyright 2009
CONTENTS
Introduction xi
Prologue 1
The Lucky Bastards Club 5
Escape from Black Thursday 65
Without a Parachute 137
The Belly Gunner and Big Ben 195
Manna from Heaven 231
Author's Research Note 261
Selected Bibliography 263
ON THE BACK COVER
IN World War II, there were all too many ways for a fighting man to die. But no theater of operations offered more fatal choices than the skies above Nazi-occupied Europe. Inside a B-17 bomber, thousands of feet above the earth, death was always a moment away. From the hellish storms of enemy flak and relentless strafing of Luftwaffe fighters, to midair collisions, mechanical failure, and simple bad luck, it was a wonder any man would volunteer for such dangerous duty. But some very brave men did.
Some paid the ultimate price. Some made it home. But in the end, all would achieve victory.
Author Travis L. Ayres has gathered a collection of previously untold personal accounts of combat and camaraderie aboard the B-17 bombers that flew countless sorties against the enemy, as related by the men who lived and fought in the airand survived. They are stories of heroism, sacrifice, miraculous survival, and merciless warfare. And they should all be remembered.
"I have waited sixty-plus years to have my World War II exploits accurately recorded. Mr. Ayres's splendid workbased on interviewing combat airmen and many hours of researchhas told it well and gotten it right! I applaud his tenacity." Peter (Scott) Seniawsky, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group
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