Ambrose, Stephen E.
The wild blue the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany / Stephen E. Ambrose - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001. - 299 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-281) and index.
Where they came from --
Training --
Learning to fly the B-24 --
The Fifteenth Air Force --
Cerignola, Italy --
Learning to fly in combat --
December 1944 --
The Isle of Capri --
The Tuskegee Airmen fly cover: February 1945 --
Missions over Austria: March 1945 --
Linz: The last mission: April 1945.
Includes references to George McGovern, who became a United States senator and a presidential candidate. He flew thirty-five missions (all the Army would allow) and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
0743203399
2001020563
McGovern, George S. 1922-2012
Dakota Queen (B-24 bomber)
United States. Army Air Forces. Squadron, 741st --History.
United States. Army Air Forces --Biography.
B-24 bomber.
World War--Aerial operations, American.--1939-1945
World War--Regimental histories--United States.--1939-1945
Bombing, Aerial--History--Germany--20th century.
Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
Flight crews--United States--Biography.
D790 / .A786 2001
940.544973 Amb 15
The wild blue the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany / Stephen E. Ambrose - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001. - 299 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-281) and index.
Where they came from --
Training --
Learning to fly the B-24 --
The Fifteenth Air Force --
Cerignola, Italy --
Learning to fly in combat --
December 1944 --
The Isle of Capri --
The Tuskegee Airmen fly cover: February 1945 --
Missions over Austria: March 1945 --
Linz: The last mission: April 1945.
Includes references to George McGovern, who became a United States senator and a presidential candidate. He flew thirty-five missions (all the Army would allow) and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
0743203399
2001020563
McGovern, George S. 1922-2012
Dakota Queen (B-24 bomber)
United States. Army Air Forces. Squadron, 741st --History.
United States. Army Air Forces --Biography.
B-24 bomber.
World War--Aerial operations, American.--1939-1945
World War--Regimental histories--United States.--1939-1945
Bombing, Aerial--History--Germany--20th century.
Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
Flight crews--United States--Biography.
D790 / .A786 2001
940.544973 Amb 15