num_pages: 331
description: This is the story of the part played by the B-26 medium bomber in winning the War. More importantly, it is the story of the men who flew in the B26's. This is a book about the War from their viewpoint. It is filled with stories narrating small slices of the lives of hundreds of men in action. Most missions were living hell. The result, in just one "I had the roof of my mouth shot out, so I couldn't eat, and every time I tried to drink a mouthful of water it would gush out my nose." The strain of daily brushes with death was tempered only by the humor of those facing them, like the gunner who told an after-action interrogator that the pilot of an enemy fighter had bored in so close that he "could smell the sauerkraut on the man's breath." As General Samuel Anderson says in the Introduction, "This story of medium bombardment in World War II is more than anything else the air crew’s story.” with 64 pages of photographs
language: English
title: Flak Bait: The Story of the B 26 Bombers and the Men Who Flew Them in World War II
titlecomplete: Flak Bait: The Story of the B 26 Bombers and the Men Who Flew Them in World War II
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Zenger Pub