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  • Paperback: 454 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 May 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0071341455
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071341455
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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In 1943, when the outcome of World War II hung in the balance, B-17 crews of the Eighth Air Force flew harrowing, unescorted daylight bombing missions deep into Occupied Europe and Germany. These devastating raids have long been storied in film and fiction, but here is a firsthand, blow-by-blow account of these perilous missions as they really happened. In these pages, you'll see the events unfold as they were recorded and recalled by one crew's officers and enlisted men (pilot, copilot, navigator, radioman, and gunners), corroborated by other crews they flew with, and painstakingly correlated with the official records of the men's 303rd "Hell's Angels" Bomb Group.The publication of "Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer" in 1989 prompted a flood of fresh recollections, correspondence, and personal records from other veterans of the 303rd. This Special Revised Edition incorporates that wealth of new material into a vivid, thorough recreation - complete with actual combat photographs - of one of the most dramatic chapters in military aviation history. New in this Special Revised Edition are: new veteran interviews; expanded coverage; revised data; 90 photographs & illustrations; and an epilogue: crewmen's post-war careers. "A well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience...excellent." - Roger A. Freeman, author of "The Mighty Eighth". "The best collection of stories about a B-17 Bomb Group that has ever been published." - Harry D. Gobrecht, President, 303rd Bomb Group Association and author of "Might in Flight: Daily Diary of the Eighth Air Force's 'Hell's Angels' Bomb Group".
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb 8th Air Force reading., 26 Dec 2005
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Five stars is totally justified for this book, which I've found literally un-put-downable. I've read many 8th AF memoirs, some good, some not so, but all have something valuable to tell us.

This is different to the average memoir or combat diary. Although the framework is one Navigators' diary, 8th AF historian O'Neill has woven many associated accounts and veteran interviews into what amounts to a combat history of the 303rd from August 1943 - February 1944 focussing on personal accounts. And there are some wonderful stories and anecdotes in this book - some exciting, some funny and some downright harrowing.

This revised and expanded edition is highly readable for anyone - and for anyone interested in the 'Mighty Eighth', I'd rate it as essential.

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