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The final mission of Bottoms Up : a World War II pilot's story / Dennis R. Okerstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Okerstrom, Dennis.
- Series:
- American military experience series.
- The American military experience series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
- Bomber pilots.
- Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots, Military.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Barth.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- United States. Army Air Forces--Biography.
- United States.
- Stalag Luft I.
- Lamar, Lee (Edgar Lee), 1921-.
- Lamar, Lee.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Missouri ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar struggled alongside pilot Randall Darden to keep Bottoms Up, their B-24J Liberator, in the air. Over Pula in what is now Croatia, they were once more hit by German fire. Lamar all but surrendered to death before fortuitously bailing out and being captured. in 2006 Lamar received an email from Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic who had discovered the wreckage of Bottoms Up.
- Contents:
- Over Udine, Italy
- Krvavici, Croatia
- The 1930s
- 1941-42
- The crew
- Overseas at last
- Spinazzola, Italy
- First combat
- Finally ... mission countdown
- It's not all combat ...
- Mission after mission after ...
- 18 November 1944
- What hath God wrought
- "Vor you, der var iss ofer"
- Interrogation and isolation
- 8 December 1944-1 May 1945
- 30 April-20 June 1945
- Home at last
- Olathe, Kansas
- Short focused
- The real work
- Pula Croatia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826272676
- 0826272673
- OCLC:
- 868217823
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