Untold valor
Subtitle: forgotten stories of American bomber crews over Europe in World War II
By: Rob Morris.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: United States. Army Air Forces -- Airmen -- Biography.; United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th.; United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe.
Description: For the men of the Army Air Corps in early World War II, the chance of surviving the obligatory twenty-five missions without death, injury, or imprisonment was one in three. In this groundbreaking book, Rob Morris has sought out remarkable but little-known stories of the air war from the men who lived and fought it. Based on hundreds of interviews with American veterans and their families, "Untold Valor" illuminates the courage of airmen whose exploits have until now remained untold. Read about Jewish aviators' experiences as POWs in German camps. Learn about American airmen who were imprisoned, even killed, by the neutral Swiss and about two Air Corps enlisted men who changed U.S. policy toward liberated concentration camp survivors. Also discover the unusual story of Luftwaffe commander Herman Goering's nephew, who flew B-17 missions against Germany.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A place called St. Ottilien; title: The black hell of Wauwilermoos; title: Memphis Belle and Hell's Angels : first to finish; title: The Star of David over the swastika : Jews over the Reich in World War II; title: Jewish POWs : prisoners of the "master race"; title: The hand; title: The Carson twins at war; title: Gus Mencow : survivor; title: Goering bombs Germany; title: Ball turret gunner; title: No purple heart, died serving country : training accidents in the Air Corps in World War II; title: Shot down by the Swiss; title: Swedish internees; title: Herb Alf's journey; title: The reunion.