My Ball Turret Bombing Missions Over Europe ( And a Few Screwups)

Autor*innen

• B. J. Bryan

Parameter

• 110 Seiten
• 4 Lesestunden

• Militärwesen

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In WW2 one of the most dangerous duties, was that of the Turret Gunner in any B-17 aircraft. Usually positioned under the plane at several positions around the fuselage of the plane. It was always the first target and the percentages of surviving a mission as a belly gunner were as low and you could get. Henry Smith (Hank to those who knew him) was one of these unfortunate positioned to this on the plane. Follow him as he literaly fights for his very lofe and the lives of his crew members thousands of feet in the air, in this unusual and provacative biography of this remarkable man's life.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Einband: Paperback