Stars, stripes, and sacrifice: a wartime familial experience of hope, loss, and grief, and the journey home of an American bomber crew
Journal: Memorial University Research Repository (Memorial University)
Year: 2017

This thesis analyses the experiences of ten American homefront families as they negotiate their loss following the fatal crash of a military aircraft near Gander in February 1945. The writer provides a brief history of Gander airport, with emphasis on American operations, followed by a biographical overview of the crew and a description of the final flight, search effort, and discovery. The writer assesses the phenomena of wartime rumours, both general and hope-based, and potential reasons for t