TO KINGDOM COME: AN EPIC SAGA OF SURVIVAL IN THE AIR WAR OVER GERMANY Hardcover - 2011
by Mrazek, Robert J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
The breathtaking, never-before-told, true story of a historic air-force bombing mission in 1943 Germany.
On September 6, 1943, three hundred and thirty-eight B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons factories.
Dense clouds obscured the targets, and one commander's critical decision to circle three times over the city-and its deadly flak-would prove disastrous. Forty-five planes went down that day, and hundreds of men were lost or missing.
Focusing on first-person accounts of six of the B-17 airmen, award-winning author Robert Mrazek vividly re-creates the fierce air battle-and reveals the astonishing valor of the airmen who survived being shot down, and the tragic fate of those who did not.
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- Title TO KINGDOM COME: AN EPIC SAGA OF SURVIVAL IN THE AIR WAR OVER GERMANY
- Author Mrazek, Robert J
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher NAL Caliber, NY
- Date 2011
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 026282
- ISBN 9780451232274 / 0451232275
- Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.37 x 1.24 in (23.62 x 16.18 x 3.15 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010040928
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.542
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Summary
On September 6, 1943, three hundred and thirty-eight B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons factories.
Dense clouds obscured the targets, and one commander's critical decision to circle three times over the city-and its deadly flak-would prove disastrous. Forty-five planes went down that day, and hundreds of men were lost or missing.
Focusing on first-person accounts of six of the B-17 airmen, award- winning author Robert Mrazek vividly re-creates the fierce air battle- and reveals the astonishing valor of the airmen who survived being shot down, and the tragic fate of those who did not.
