Portrait of a Flying Lady

The Stories of Those She Flew with in Battle

George Menzel

• Publisher: Turner
• Year: 1994
• Print ISBN: 9781563111365
• eBook ISBN: 9781681623535
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World War II
• Index: History

(From the Foreword) George Menzel has an investigative mind, as one might expect of a man whose main career was with the FBI...he would not rest until he had traced the reason for an artist's choice of subject in a print that fascinated. The subject was a B-17 Fortress bomber bearing the markings of the squadron with which, as a young man, George Menzel had served during the trouble with Adolf Hitler and his supporters. Soon the detective discovered that the individual Flying Fortress portrayed by the artist had been involved in a remarkable adventure. And, like all good detectives, George Menzel did not rest until he had gathered and sifted all the evidence.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• List of Illustrations and Photographs
• Acknowledgements
• Preface: A Trip Down Memory Lane
• Foreword
• Publisher’s Message
• Chapter 2 — The Seventh Generation
• Chapter 3 — Vic Maslen - The Historian
• Chapter 4 — Bowman’s Bombers
• Chapter 5 — The Lucky Devils
• Chapter 6 — Norm Sisson and Crew
• Chapter 7 — A Maiden Goes to War
• Chapter 8 — Politz!
• Chapter 9 — Touring the Reich
• Chapter 10 — A Place Called Merseburg
• Chapter 11 — Weather and the Ardennes
• Chapter 12 — The Stauffer Crew - More Lucky Devils
• Chapter 13 — The New Year - A New Crew for the "Maiden"
• Chapter 14 — Big Day at "Big B"
• Chapter 15 — Hospitality From an Ally?
• Chapter 16 — Poltava, U.S.S.R. . . . and "FRANTIC"
• Chapter 17 — An Accusation Lacking Credible Evidence
• Chapter 18 — A Moscow Trial . . . A Kangaroo Court
• Chapter 19 — A Trial in the Ukraine . . . Another Farce
• Chapter 20 — The "Maiden" Goes Home . . . And Lives On
• Chapter 21 — Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Index