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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... feet and hold my head up , this will be where you'll go to school . " No doubt , Madison was " where it was at . " It had long been known as the Athens of the Midwest , and the Great Depression had scarcely touched it . Mamma's first ...
... feet and hold my head up , this will be where you'll go to school . " No doubt , Madison was " where it was at . " It had long been known as the Athens of the Midwest , and the Great Depression had scarcely touched it . Mamma's first ...
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... feet , and there is a conspicuous silence following the faint echo . Our commanding officer , Colonel H. W. Bowman , has a surprisingly kind face . He looks like he cares about our fate , though not like a chaplain . Nonetheless he ...
... feet , and there is a conspicuous silence following the faint echo . Our commanding officer , Colonel H. W. Bowman , has a surprisingly kind face . He looks like he cares about our fate , though not like a chaplain . Nonetheless he ...
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... feet is about forty below zero on either scale, while the atmospheric pressure is about 30 percent of that at sea level. And, of course, there will be a concerted effort by Hitler's followers to kill us sometime today. These are ...
... feet is about forty below zero on either scale, while the atmospheric pressure is about 30 percent of that at sea level. And, of course, there will be a concerted effort by Hitler's followers to kill us sometime today. These are ...
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