The Last Mission (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction)
In 1944, as World War II is  raging across Europe,  fifteen-year-old Jack Raab  dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York  City, his  family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false  I.D. and  lies his way into the U.S. Air  Force.From their base in England,  he and his crew  fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over   occupied Europe. The war is almost over and Hitler  near defeat when  they fly their last mission -- a  mission destined for disaster. Shot  down far  behind enemy lines, Jack is taken prisoner and sent to  a  German POW camp, where his experiences are more  terrifying than  anything he'd ever imagined.