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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... give him back his job . They were saving it for him because he had earned “ rights ” in the years that he'd worked for them before the war . They'd even given him credit for the time he served in the army . So some people did care about ...
... give him back his job . They were saving it for him because he had earned “ rights ” in the years that he'd worked for them before the war . They'd even given him credit for the time he served in the army . So some people did care about ...
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... give me a head start in air navigation . I was outraged ! Swore a blue streak on my way back to the barracks . But the pique passed in a short time , and I actually learned to love my new area of flying expertise , which I considered ...
... give me a head start in air navigation . I was outraged ! Swore a blue streak on my way back to the barracks . But the pique passed in a short time , and I actually learned to love my new area of flying expertise , which I considered ...
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... give us much to go on , not a very good idea of reality . We only knew reality when something was really happening . We certainly thought about it , though . The sky up there would be dark blue and frost would form in patches on the ...
... give us much to go on , not a very good idea of reality . We only knew reality when something was really happening . We certainly thought about it , though . The sky up there would be dark blue and frost would form in patches on the ...
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... give you the noonday itch something fierce—so I'll see how that works. Maybe we'll not be gone too long; they wouldn't send us to Berlin the first time out. Jardine is putting on his heavy GI shoes and occasionally blowing his nose. He ...
... give you the noonday itch something fierce—so I'll see how that works. Maybe we'll not be gone too long; they wouldn't send us to Berlin the first time out. Jardine is putting on his heavy GI shoes and occasionally blowing his nose. He ...
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... gives me a sense of confidence , and we know that Russell is all business up in that left seat . We make our visit to the latrine and come out into the dark to wait for the truck . It's 3:15 , and it should be getting light ...
... gives me a sense of confidence , and we know that Russell is all business up in that left seat . We make our visit to the latrine and come out into the dark to wait for the truck . It's 3:15 , and it should be getting light ...
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