The Santa Barbara B-24 disasters
Subtitle: a chain of tragedies across air, land and sea
By: Robert A. Burtness
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781609495718
Subjects: Military History; Aircraft accidents; B-24 (Bomber); American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Military Airplanes; Accidents; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The B-24 Liberator and its variants; title: A bomber crash behind the coastal mountain range; title: Searching for the official records; title: Seeking surviving crew members; title: Finding the needle in the haystack; title: The ten-hour flight that ended with an unscheduled stop; title: Bailout!; title: The search for the missing crew members of the Hat in the Ring; title: The board of inquiry; title: The war continues: onward to China; title: Arrival at their new home; title: The long journey to freedom; title: Unraveling the San Miguel Island mystery eleven years later; title: The crew members and what became of the survivors after the war; title: The wreck sites today.