The Wild Blue: the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany / Stephen E. Ambrose.
Material type:
TextNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2002, c2001Edition: 1st Touchstone edDescription: 299 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0743223098 (pbk.) :
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-
- Dakota Queen (B-24 bomber)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Squadron, 741st -- History
- United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography
- B-24 (Bomber)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Flight crews -- United States -- Biography
- Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- D790 .A786 2001
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"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Where they came from -- Training -- Learning to fly the B-24 -- The Fifteenth Air Force -- Cerignola, Italy -- Learning to fly in combat -- December 1944 -- The Isle of Capri -- The Tuskegee Airmen fly cover: February 1945 -- Missions over Austria: March 1945 -- Linz: The last mission: April 1945.
Includes references to George McGovern, who became a United States senator and a presidential candidate. He flew thirty-five missions (all the Army would allow) and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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