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 - New York : Simon & Schuster , c2006. - viii, 671 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-642) and index.
The bloody hundredth -- The bomber mafia -- Eaker's amateurs -- The dangerous sky -- Airman down! -- The anatomy of courage -- Teach them to kill -- The bells of hell -- Men at war -- The turning -- Liberated skies -- The fatal trap -- Prisoners of the Swiss -- My bellyful of war -- The wire -- Terror without end -- The chimneys hardly ever fall down -- A pageant of misery.
Miller (history, Lafayette College) celebrates the triumph of US bombers over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden, and the terrible cost of bombing for the German people.
9780743235440
2006050461
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
D790.22 8th / .M55 2006
940.5449 MIL
Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany / Donald L. Miller - New York : Simon & Schuster , c2006. - viii, 671 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-642) and index.
The bloody hundredth -- The bomber mafia -- Eaker's amateurs -- The dangerous sky -- Airman down! -- The anatomy of courage -- Teach them to kill -- The bells of hell -- Men at war -- The turning -- Liberated skies -- The fatal trap -- Prisoners of the Swiss -- My bellyful of war -- The wire -- Terror without end -- The chimneys hardly ever fall down -- A pageant of misery.
Miller (history, Lafayette College) celebrates the triumph of US bombers over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden, and the terrible cost of bombing for the German people.
9780743235440
2006050461
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
D790.22 8th / .M55 2006
940.5449 MIL
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