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Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany / Donald L. Miller.

Miller, Donald L., 1944- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1668011867
ISBN: 9781668011867
Physical Description: 671 pages. 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2024.
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-642) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 -- ; Noes -- ; Bibliography -- ; Index.