Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany /
Miller, Donald L., 1944-
Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany / Donald L. Miller. - Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. - 671 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-642) and index.
Prologue : The bloody Hundredth -- 1. The Bomber Mafia -- 2. Eaker's amateurs -- 3. The dangerous sky -- 4. Airman down! -- 5. The anatomy of courage -- 6. Teach them to kill -- 7. The bells of hell -- 8. Men at war -- 9. The turning -- 10. Liberated skies -- 11. The fatal trap -- 12. Prisoners of the Swiss -- 13. My bellyful of war -- 14. The wire -- 15. Terror without end -- 16. The chimneys hardly ever fall down -- 17. A pageant of misery -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A history recounting the events and experiences of the World War II bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, the armed forces group that conducted daytime bombing of Germany in advance of the Allied soldiers' arrival on the ground.
1668011867 9781668011867
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th --History.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
940.54/4973
Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany / Donald L. Miller. - Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. - 671 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-642) and index.
Prologue : The bloody Hundredth -- 1. The Bomber Mafia -- 2. Eaker's amateurs -- 3. The dangerous sky -- 4. Airman down! -- 5. The anatomy of courage -- 6. Teach them to kill -- 7. The bells of hell -- 8. Men at war -- 9. The turning -- 10. Liberated skies -- 11. The fatal trap -- 12. Prisoners of the Swiss -- 13. My bellyful of war -- 14. The wire -- 15. Terror without end -- 16. The chimneys hardly ever fall down -- 17. A pageant of misery -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A history recounting the events and experiences of the World War II bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, the armed forces group that conducted daytime bombing of Germany in advance of the Allied soldiers' arrival on the ground.
1668011867 9781668011867
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th --History.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
940.54/4973