A Wing and a Prayer : The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II A Wing and a Prayer : The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

A Wing and a Prayer : The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

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Publisher Description

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 H. Crosby—soon to be portrayed by Anthony Boyle in the miniseries Masters of the Air developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg—arrived with the very first crews, and left with the very last. After dealing with his fear and gaining in 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. Now, in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes us into the hearts and minds of these intrepid airmen to experience both the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies.

GENRE
History
NARRATOR
CM
Chris Monteiro
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10:42
hr min
RELEASED
2023
30 May
PUBLISHER
Tantor Media, Inc
SIZE
527.8
MB
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