The mighty Eighth in WWII : a memoir /
Mighty Eighth in World War II
J. Kemp McLaughlin
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2000, 2006.
- x, 208 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Baptism -- In the Beginning -- Off We Go -- Torch -- Err'n in Erin -- 1943 -- Pete's Story -- Schweinfurt and Stuttgart -- Assembling "The Mighty Eighth" -- Schweinfurt Again -- A New Base and My Longest Day -- Group Operations -- Escape and Evasion -- 1944 -- Headquarters -- D-Day and the Fall Campaign -- Aerial Operations -- My War's End -- A Look Back.
"The Mighty Eighth in WWII includes the stories of pilots who were downed in France and Holland. They traveled under the cover of night through the countryside, evading the Nazis who had seen their planes go down. The pilots found citizens willing to help and hide them, and they made their way through the underground networks of Europe in an effort to get back to England."--Jacket.
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McLaughlin, J. Kemp, 1918-
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th --History. United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
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