Publication

1995 - Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Reading, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

69,000 words, Guess

Page Count

276 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number94024296
  • Goodreads3531208
  • LibraryThing91905

Classifications

  • DDC940.54/213/092273
  • LCCD790 .C466 1995

Description

On April 21, 1945, the twelve-member crew of the Black Cat set off on one of the last air missions in the European theater of WWII. Ten never came back. This is the story of that crew - where they came from, how they trained, what it was like to fly a B-24 through enemy flak, and who was waiting for them to come home. Historian Thomas Childers, nephew of the Black Cat's radio operator, has reconstructed the lives and tragic deaths of these men through their letters home and through in-depth interviews, both with their families and with German villagers who lived near the crash site.

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