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02231aam a2200337 i 4500 001 F9E6B96CED6B11E4B4A388DFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 140721s2015 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014028702 020 $a 113727963X (hbk.) 020 $a 9781137279637 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)881437069 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ABG $d CDX $d GRR $d ZDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Dando-Collins, Stephen, $e author. 245 10 $a Operation Chowhound : $b the most risky, most glorious US bomber mission of WWII / $c Stephen Dando-Collins. 246 3 $a Most risky, most glorious United States bomber mission of World War II 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a xiv, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Navigator Ellis B. Scripture's prayer -- Hitler's secret agent -- The suspect prince in the world of James Bond -- The bridge too far : the failure to liberate Holland -- The Germans go on the offensive -- Surviving the hunger winter -- An offer from Nazi Governor Seyss-Inquart -- President "Dutch" Roosevelt's promise -- "Beetle" Bedell Smith's plan -- Farley Mowat goes behind German lines -- The Achterveld Agreement -- The first nervous test flight -- Ike's hatchet man tells the Nazi Governor straight -- The US 8th Air Force prepares for Chowhound -- May 1, 1945 : B-17s over Holland at 400 feet -- Germans open fire on Chowhound bombers -- Audrey Hepburn's birthday present : the liberation of Holland -- Grif Mumford's special air delivery to a Dutch sister -- Bombardier Braidic's fateful decision -- The end : for Seyss-Inquart and the War -- The aftermath -- The best thing we ever did in the War. 941 $a 6 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702021952.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202011823.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20200114015801.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20160923021513.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826110514.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20150602013332.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9E6B96CED6B11E4B4A388DFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search