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The Savage Sky
George Webster
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Description for The Savage Sky
Paperback. Gives a first-hand look at war from inside a B-17 bomber in WWII. This book describes the bitter cold at altitude, gut-wrenching fear, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting through the bomber formation like feeding sharks. Num Pages: 237 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews had to fly twenty-five--and eventually thirty--before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the armada of Allied aircraft that pummeled Germany day after day. Radioman George Webster recounts the terrors they confronted: physical and mental exhaustion, bitter cold at high altitudes, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting among bombers like feeding sharks.
The life expectancy of an American B-17 crew in Europe during World War II was eleven missions, yet crews had to fly twenty-five--and eventually thirty--before they could return home. Against these long odds the bomber crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force, based in England, joined the armada of Allied aircraft that pummeled Germany day after day. Radioman George Webster recounts the terrors they confronted: physical and mental exhaustion, bitter cold at high altitudes, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting among bombers like feeding sharks.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
Series
Stackpole Military History Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811733885
SKU
V9780811733885
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99-15
About George Webster
George Webster was a B-17 radio operator in the 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. On his twenty-fifth mission in May 1944, his bomber was forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden, where he and his crewmates were interned for the war’s duration.
Reviews for The Savage Sky
"If you want to know what it was really like to fly in a bomber - read this!"
George Murdoch, Armchair Auctions, August 2007.
George Murdoch, Armchair Auctions, August 2007.