Lucky 666
Subtitle: the impossible mission
By: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Contributors: Clavin, Thomas, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781476774855; 9781476774862
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; American Aerial operations; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 22nd; World War, 1939-1945; B-17 bomber; Regimental histories; Biography; Bomber pilots
Other titles: Lucky six six six :
Description: "From the authors of the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific--but not without making the ultimate sacrifice"--Baker & Taylor.
Notes: Maps on end pages.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wanderlust; title: The wild blue yonder; title: Jay & Joe; title: "The sacred duty of the leading race"; title: The fortress; title: The winds of war; title: The Japanese Citadel; title: Into the fight; title: Breaking the code; title: The renegade pilot; title: The Bulldog; title: A microscopic metropolis; title: Ken's men; title: A place where trouble started; title: "Clear as a bell"; title: The missing General; title: Pushing North; title: A fine reunion; title: "A motley collection of outcasts"; title: Blood on the Bismarck Sea; title: The flight of the geishas; title: Old 666; title: The outlaws; title: No position is safe; title: New additions; title: "Hell, no!"; title: Buka; title: "Give 'em hell!"; title: The desperate dive; title: Get it home; title: "He's all right"; title: Dobodura.