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Author:
Morris, Rob, 1959-
Title:
The wild blue yonder and beyond : the 95th Bomb Group in war and peace / Rob Morris with Ian Hawkins.
Publisher:
Potomac Books,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
367 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Bomb Group (H), 95th.--Bomb Group (H), 95th.--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
Other Authors:
Hawkins, Ian.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The creation of an Air Force -- Across continents and oceans -- Alconbury and early missions -- Mission day -- Then came Kiel -- The British -- Cold sky -- DNIF: duties not involving flying -- From Kiel to the eve of Regensburg -- Replacement crews -- Wives and mothers -- Sudden death -- Entertainment and London -- Regensburg shuttle mission -- Black week -- POWs, Part I -- Internment in Switzerland and Sweden -- Escape and evasion -- MIA -- Pathfinders and Aphrodites -- Big week -- "Big B" -- D-Day -- The Russia shuttle missions -- Final combat missions -- POWs, Part II -- Manna/Chowhound missions -- Coming home -- The legacy lives on.
ISBN:
1597977179 (electronic)
9781597977173 (electronic)
1597977128 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781597977128 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)682895706
LCCN:
2012016070
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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