Finding a fallen hero
Subtitle: the death of a ball turret gunner
By: Bob Korkuc ; foreword by James M. McCaffrey.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780806138923
Subjects: Korkuc, Anthony, -- 1917-1944 -- Death and burial; United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Squadron, 532nd -- Biography; United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography; United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Aerial gunners -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- United States; Aircraft accidents -- Germany; Aircraft accident victims -- United States
Description: "To all appearances, Anthony "Tony" Korkuc was just another casualty of World War II. A gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, Korkuc was lost on a bombing mission over Germany and his family believed his body had never been recovered. But when they learned in 1995 that Tony was actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery, his nephew Bob Korkuc set out on a seven-year quest to learn the true fate of an uncle he never knew. Finding a Fallen Hero is a story that blends wartime drama with a primer on specialized research. Bob Korkuc first set out to learn how his Uncle Tony came to rest at Arlington. In the process, he also unraveled the mystery of what occurred over the skies of Germany half a century ago."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.