Flying flak alley : personal accounts of World War II bomber crew combat / [edited by] Alan L. Griggs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Griggs, Alan L., 1950- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Simple, unadorned descriptions of the bombers' harrowing missions told from the firsthand perspective of their pilots, navigators, bombardiers and gunners create the immediacy of a single person's experience during one of America's most daring military expeditions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword by Michael Bess; 1. Captain R.M. Benson; 2. Lieutenant Bill Jernigan; 3. Lieutenant Mandell Cypress; 4. Lieutenant Charles Jackson; 5. Captain Beecher Bilbrey; 6. Sergeant Bob Rourke; 7. Lieutenant Jim White; 8. Lieutenant Thomas French; 9. Sergeant Jim DeMontbreun; 10. Captain Bush Cole; 11. Sergeant Leonard Mika; 12. Captain Bob Gregg; 13. Lieutenant Harry Williams, Jr.; 14. Captain Bill Reeder; 15. Lieutenant Tom Graves; 16. Captain Bill Becker; 17. Sergeant David Oldashi; 18. Lieutenant Roy Buck; 19. Sergeant Bud Reeder

20. Major Clarence Evans21. Sergeant John Katz; 22. Lieutenant Bill Rickman; 23. Lieutenant John McGonagle; 24. Lieutenant Art Driscoll; 25. Lieutenant Myron King; 26. Lieutenant Don Peterson; 27. Captain Al Suedekum; 28. Lieutenant John Lechleiter; 29. Sergeant Bernard Sanderson; 30. Sergeant Charles Whitehead; 31. Lieutenant Arvid Shulenberger; 32. Sergeant Bill Roberts; 33. Lieutenant Bob Smartt; 34. Captain J.O. Grizzell; 35. Captain Robert Fesmire; 36. Sergeant Bill Jones; 37. Lieutenant Ben Ernst; 38. Captain J. Ivan Potts, Jr.; 39. Sergeant Bill Eastland; 40. Lieutenant Bob Chambers

41. Lieutenant Jim Kirtland42. Sergeant John Cunningham; 43. Major John Kolemba; 44. Major Cooper Schley; 45. Lieutenant Jack Downey; 46. Sergeant Robert Howell, Jr.; 47. Sergeant Robert Sheehan; 48. Lieutenant Bob Cartwright; 49. Lieutenant Jerry Neal; 50. Lieutenant Bob Elliott; 51. Lieutenant Eino Latvala; 52. Sergeant George Shreeve; 53. Lieutenant Mark Osborne; 54. Lieutenant W.C. Gibson; 55. Major Calvin Fite; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1618-3