Return From Berlin: The Eye of a NavigatorPen and Sword, 1.3.2005 - 224 sivua During the summer of 1944, the US Eighth Air Force was engaged in a ferocious daytime bombing campaign over Europe. This book is the memoir of a B–17 navigator who found himself far from his American home, based in the English countryside of Northamptonshire. His war in the air, flying deep into enemy territory, surviving intense enemy anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighter attacks, portrays the sometimes conflicting emotions of a young man at war. The book also relates how thfriendship with their eight year-old daughter, a relationship that becomes a symbol of survival. |
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... board . They grinned , giving us the thumbs - up signal , and Pennoyer uttered the famous quip , " You'll be sorry . ' " 1 It quickened my pulse a little , and I could feel my ears burn . 2 Paris in June The First Mission A bothersome ...
... board . They grinned , giving us the thumbs - up signal , and Pennoyer uttered the famous quip , " You'll be sorry . ' " 1 It quickened my pulse a little , and I could feel my ears burn . 2 Paris in June The First Mission A bothersome ...
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... feel like a stone in the North Sea . The light moves on , and the patronizing voice whispers again , to someone else , " Sir , it's time . " My nose-bowl comrade, bombardier John Jardine, mumbles something in early-morning. Paris in June ...
... feel like a stone in the North Sea . The light moves on , and the patronizing voice whispers again , to someone else , " Sir , it's time . " My nose-bowl comrade, bombardier John Jardine, mumbles something in early-morning. Paris in June ...
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... feeling I had when I was waiting for the day : I think of Vicksburg and my great - grandad with his mangled right arm and of my dead father with a big flag draped over his coffin and the American Legion firing ear - splitting volleys in ...
... feeling I had when I was waiting for the day : I think of Vicksburg and my great - grandad with his mangled right arm and of my dead father with a big flag draped over his coffin and the American Legion firing ear - splitting volleys in ...
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... feeling very clever , but John can always do a job on something funny , and he comes up with a good one . The brakes squall and the truck stops . We jump out and the driver yells , " Hey guys , lotsa luck . " What can I say ? Same to ...
... feeling very clever , but John can always do a job on something funny , and he comes up with a good one . The brakes squall and the truck stops . We jump out and the driver yells , " Hey guys , lotsa luck . " What can I say ? Same to ...
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... feeling pretty quiet . There is a raised platform at the far end of the room with the notorious drape - covered map on the wall above it . We take chairs as close to the front as possible , looking to somehow get the awesome message ...
... feeling pretty quiet . There is a raised platform at the far end of the room with the notorious drape - covered map on the wall above it . We take chairs as close to the front as possible , looking to somehow get the awesome message ...
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