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Brian D. O'Neill
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Pages: 454 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0071341455
Pub: McGraw-Hill Professional
Pub date: 1999-05-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 74637
Reader Reviews:
Superb 8th Air Force reading. (4/4 people found this helpful)
Five stars is totally justified for this book, which I've found literally un-put-downable. I've read many 8th AF memoirs, some good, some not so, but all have something valuable to tell us.
This is different to the average memoir or combat diary. Although the framework is one Navigators' diary, 8th AF historian O'Neill has woven many associated accounts and veteran interviews into what amounts to a combat history of the 303rd from August 1943 - February 1944 focussing on personal accounts. And there are some wonderful stories and anecdotes in this book - some exciting, some funny and some downright harrowing.
This revised and expanded edition is highly readable for anyone - and for anyone interested in the 'Mighty Eighth', I'd rate it as essential.
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