In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574412094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Honest & Truthful This book is the first about WWII air combat that made me feel like I was a participant, not a spectator. The experiences related by the author were a grim reminder of the perils of war & the difficulties of survival. Those brave men & women had to contend not o. Very good account of the war from a pilot's point of Very good account of the war from a pilot's point of view. He must have kept a daily diary that reflected every detail of his experience.. "You are there!" according to jay gaver. A real page turner!!! Well done.
“The key word was ‘survival.’ Run the flak gauntlet, escape the Luftwaffe, overcome the weather, get the bombs on the target, and make it back to base, safe—until the next time. Freudenthal, USAF Ret., Historian of the 8th Air Force, 489th. This marvelous story will take you there with Jim and his crew.” --LTC Charles H. From the rigors of training to the demands of combat flying, Jim had one predominant goal, survival
Army Air Forces pilot program, the strenuous nature of the pilot training program, the anxiety caused by a wartime marriage, and the dangers of flying combat missions over Nazi Germany. Readers of his memoir will come away with a much greater appreciation for the difficulties and dangers of the air war in World War II.David Snead happened upon the memoir and its author during his time at Texas Tech University. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends’ planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions. Snead met with Davis on several occasions, examined his military records, researched in detail at the National Archives, and investigated numerous published sources in order to corroborate the account and add explanatory notes for context.. From his struggles to become a pilot, to seeing death up close on his first mission, to his expected deployment to the Pacific Theatre in the fall of 1945, Davis takes the reader through a fast-paced and exciting narrative adventure.Davis and his crew flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and num