A Wing and a Prayer

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"Wonderfully evocative .Whether you're an historian, a flying buff or simply someone who appreciates a good story well told, this is the book for you. And it's aH true."
—Len Deighton
"The Bloody Hundredth"
They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their "Flying Fortresses" almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the "Bloody Hundredth" a legend.
Harry Crosby arrived with the very first crews. After dealing with his fear and acquiring skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft, he left with the very last. Now in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes his readers into the hearts and minds of the intrepid airmen to experience the heart-stopping... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Wonderfully evocative .Whether you're an historian, a flying buff or simply someone who appreciates a good story well told, this is the book for you. And it's aH true."
—Len Deighton
"The Bloody Hundredth"
They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their "Flying Fortresses" almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the "Bloody Hundredth" a legend.
Harry Crosby arrived with the very first crews. After dealing with his fear and acquiring skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft, he left with the very last. Now in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes his readers into the hearts and minds of the intrepid airmen to experience the heart-stopping emotions, the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies in a riveting, unforgettable book destined to become a classic.
"Powerful and compelling, this gripping narrative of the valor and horror of the war in the skies is a major contribution to the literature of World War II."
—Robert Leckie, author of Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II
"Harry Crosby is one of the legends of the legendary
'Bloody 100th.'" —Roger A. Freeman, author of B-17 Fortress at War Vissza