Savage Sky
eBook - ePub

Savage Sky

Life and Death on a Bomber over Germany in 1944

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Savage Sky

Life and Death on a Bomber over Germany in 1944

About this book

A firsthand account of aerial warfare from a USAAF veteran who flew in fighter bombers during WWII, perfect for military aviation enthusiasts.
 
George Webster, a flight radio operator on a B-17 during the second world war, gives readers a first person account from the inside of a bomber plane. Focusing on the 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, including missions to the Schweinfurt ball-bearing plant and Berlin, Webster's memoir is vivid and intimate, describing the bitter cold at high altitudes, gut-wrenching fear, lethal shrapnel from flak, and German fighters darting through the bomber formation like feeding sharks. One of the first accounts of being shot down over Sweden,  The Savage Sky is as close as you can get to experiencing aerial combat while still staying firmly planted on the ground.
 
"If you want to know what it was really like to fly in a bomber—read this!" —George Murdoch,  Armchair Auctions

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 1: Lost above the North Atlantic
  6. Chapter 2: Irish Interlude
  7. Chapter 3: A Death Sentence
  8. Chapter 4: Blimey! Home, Sweet Home
  9. Chapter 5: London
  10. Chapter 6: This Is It
  11. Chapter 7: Lynch Mobs in Germany
  12. Chapter 8: Terror
  13. Chapter 9: Cold
  14. Chapter 10: Goodbye, Herb
  15. Chapter 11: Jane
  16. Chapter 12: Killer Influenza
  17. Chapter 13: Secret Mission
  18. Chapter 14: Hell over Schweinfurt
  19. Chapter 15: Barbiturates and Amphetamine
  20. Chapter 16: Wonderful Respite
  21. Chapter 17: Death Pays a Visit
  22. Chapter 18: The New Guys
  23. Chapter 19: Bad Day at Augsburg
  24. Chapter 20: Air Raid
  25. Chapter 21: Death Visits Again
  26. Chapter 22: Escape to the English Countryside
  27. Chapter 23: More Terror
  28. Chapter 24: Berlin Nightmare
  29. Chapter 25: A Life Preserver, If It Comes in Time
  30. Chapter 26: A New Way to Die
  31. Chapter 27: I Don't Think They Like Us
  32. Chapter 28: Ten Days with Jane
  33. Chapter 29: Trouble Ahead
  34. Chapter 30: Disaster
  35. Epilogue
  36. Other Titles in the Series
  37. Back Cover