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B 17 Gunner

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Author : Craig A. Kleinsmith
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-09

B 17 Gunner written by Craig A. Kleinsmith and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with History categories.

For three years, Staff Sergeant Charles M. Eyer served as a B-17 ball turret gunner over Europe during World War II. Based in part on a secret journal he kept as a prisoner of war, this book records Eyer's firsthand account of his harrowing 59 combat missions (B-17 crewmen could not expect to survive 10), his escape from a burning B-17 deep inside Germany, the horrors of confinement in a Nazi POW camp, and his survival of an 80-day forced march during the brutal winter of 1944-45.

B 17 Gunner

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Author : Craig A. Kleinsmith
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-08

B 17 Gunner written by Craig A. Kleinsmith and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-08 with History categories.

For three years, Staff Sergeant Charles M. Eyer served as a B-17 ball turret gunner over Europe during World War II. Based in part on a secret journal he kept as a prisoner of war, this book records Eyer's firsthand account of his harrowing 59 combat missions (B-17 crewmen could not expect to survive 10), his escape from a burning B-17 deep inside Germany, the horrors of confinement in a Nazi POW camp, and his survival of an 80-day forced march during the brutal winter of 1944-45.

Inferno

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Author : Joe Pappalardo
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2020-12-01

Inferno written by Joe Pappalardo and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-01 with History categories.

Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Medal of Honor in the midst of the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history. There’s no higher accolade in the U.S. military than the Medal of Honor, and 472 people received it for their action during World War II. But only one was demoted right after: Maynard Harrison Smith. Smith is one of the most unlikely heroes of the war, where he served in B-17s during the early days of the bombing of France and Germany from England. From his juvenile delinquent past in Michigan, through the war and during the decades after, Smith’s life seemed to be a series of very public missteps. The other airmen took to calling the 5-foot, 5-inch airman “Snuffy” after an unappealing movie character. This is also the man who, on a tragically mishandled mission over France on May 1, 1943, single-handedly saved the crewmen in his stricken B-17. With every other gunner injured or bailed out, Smith stood alone in the fuselage of a shattered, nameless bomber and fought fires, treated wounded crew and fought off fighters. His ordeal is part of a forgotten mission that aircrews came to call the May Day Massacre. The skies over Europe in 1943 were a charnel house for U.S. pilots, who were being led by tacticians surprised by the brutal effectiveness of German defenses. By May 1943 the combat losses among bomb crews were a staggering 40 to 50 percent. The backdrop of Smith’s story intersects with some of the luminaries of aviation history, including Curtis Lemay, Ira Eaker and “Hap” Arnold, during critical times of their storied careers. Inferno also examines Smith’s life in a new, comprehensive light, through the use of exclusive interviews of those who knew him (including fellow MOH recipients and family) as well as public and archival records. This is both a thrilling and horrifying story of the air war over Europe during WWII and a fascinating look at one of America's forgotten heroes.

Pappy S War A B 17 Gunner S World War Ii Memoir

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Author : John "Pappy" Paris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-08-27

Pappy S War A B 17 Gunner S World War Ii Memoir written by John "Pappy" Paris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-27 with categories.

Memoir by a B-17 top turret gunner of the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, shot down, POW. 42 photos and illus., 2 appendices. Contents: "Big Ass Bird"; "Greetings..."; England; Hamburg-First Blood; Big "B", Berlin, June 21, 1944; Milk Run; London Town; The Red Lion; Toulouse; Mayday (M'daidez); Bailout; Dulag Luft, Frankfurt; Kriegie; The Black March; Escape; Back Up, Joe!; 398th Bombardment Group (H); Boeing B-17G "Flying Fortress" Flies Again in the Markings of the 398th Bomb Group.

A B 17 Gunner S Hell In German Skies

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Author : Doug Brodie
language : en
Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
Release Date : 2010

A B 17 Gunner S Hell In German Skies written by Doug Brodie and has been published by Robert Reed Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.

Germany's unique rocket-powered interceptor, the Messerschmitt ME 163 "Komet," was the most dangerous production aircraft built by the Germans in World War II. Yet in 1944, Flying Fortress gunner, U.S. Army Air Force S/Sgt E.R. (Ralph) Jones, was credited with downing a Komet during a raid over Germany. This book investigates this fascinating event in detail, drawing on information in Sgt. Jones's own personal notebook

No Man S Sky

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Author : R. C. Cline
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-07-22

No Man S Sky written by R. C. Cline and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In the fall of 1942, the first year of the war was ending. For young men in Bloomville (Ohio) Township High Schools senior class, school was the last opportunity to be free before graduation, adult responsibility, and manhood. For them and many other young men across the nation, war was about to become a reality, including J. Emerson Krieger. Life was about to turn in a new, dramatic, and uncharted direction. No Mans Sky, by author R.C. Cline, narrates the story of Krieger, a combat flier in World War II. An aerial gunner, he protected his crew and plane with a Browning M-2 machine gun while flying twenty-nine perilous missions over the embattled skies of Germany. Through diaries, letters, photos, and personal records, this memoir chronicles Kriegers service as a waist gunner, the youngest man in his crew. Offering insight into the challenges of war and combat during World War II, No Mans Sky shares the story of Staff Sergeant Krieger and what life was like six miles in the sky in a B-17 bomber. It pays tribute to all of the men and women who have served our country.

One Small Town Boy

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Author : Gerald A. Meehl
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-10-23

One Small Town Boy written by Gerald A. Meehl and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This first-person account describes the vivid and compelling World War II experiences of Jack Goetz, who flew twenty-five missions with the 544th Squadron, 384th Bomb Group based at Grafton Underwood, England, in the early stages of the air war over Europe from mid-1943 to early 1944. During his combat tour, he flew on B-17 bombers over German-occupied Europe as a gunner. These were hazardous missions that resulted in high casualty rates among B-17 flight crews. Jack had his share of close calls, including a crash landing in a crippled bomber and a ditching in the English Channel, which resulted in the death of a close friend and crewmate. After completing his combat tour, he volunteered to be a member of the flight crew that took a group of combat correspondents to the Pacific to cover the end of the war in that theater. His B-17 was the second American aircraft to land in Japan just as the war ended, and he was among the first Americans to visit the atomic bomb-blasted city of Hiroshima.

Flying Fortress Gunner

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Author : Bill Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Release Date : 2023-10-28

Flying Fortress Gunner written by Bill Cullen and has been published by Schiffer Military History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-28 with categories.

At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harper's deferment was retracted, and he was drafted into the Army. Harper was deployed to the European front and survived 35 combat missions as a B-17 ball turret gunner. Based at airfields in England, Bob and the 381st Bomb Group flew brutal missions over heavily defended industrial centers in Germany. Harper was shot down twice and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Through his letters home, combat reports, and extensive interviews with author Bill Cullen, Harper describes his harrowing experiences on board the Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force. Cullen's interviews with Harper, who is still alive as of the completion of the manuscript, took place over a period of years, and it is the anecdotes from the interviews that drive the majority of the narrative. The ball turret was located underneath the aircraft and was a confined, intense, and unique environment from which to experience combat during the Second World War. Readers will find Harper, who went on to a successful business career after the war, to be an insightful, witty, and engaging storyteller.

Wings Of Tru Love

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Author : Kenneth Cleveland Drinnon
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011

Wings Of Tru Love written by Kenneth Cleveland Drinnon and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Wings of Tru Love author Kenneth C Drinnon joined theUnited States Army Air Force in 1943 and served in theEuropean Theater as a B17 ball-turret gunner with the 8thAir Force, 487th Heavy Bomb Group, and 838th Squadron.He fl ew thirty-four aerial combat missions form October 22,1944 to February 28, 1945 over Nazi, Germany and attainedthe rank of Staff Sergeant before being discharged in 1945.There were several notable bombing missions, includingthe synthetic oil refi neries at Merseberg, Germany andseveral against transportation facilities in support of theArmy ground forces during the Battle of the Bulge, butthe one most remembered by aviators of the 487th BombGroup was December 24, 1944 when General FrederickW. Castle was killed while leading a two thousand planebomber mission for the Eight Air Force and piloting thelead plane of the 487th Bomb Group. Both the 487th BombGroup and the Luftwaffe suffered many casualties duringan aerial gun battle.

A Tail Gunner S Tale

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Author : Gerald E. McDowell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

A Tail Gunner S Tale written by Gerald E. McDowell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Fiction categories.