The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey

ISBN 10: 1621574881 / ISBN 13: 9781621574880

Verlag: Regnery History, 2016

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"He had decided to live forever, or die in the attempt." — Catch-22

The men of the 57th Bomb Wing flew out of Corsica during World War II and bombed vital bridges throughout Italy to sabotage German supply routes. Their missions were dangerous and never-ending. One bombardier in the wing was a young New Yorker named Joseph Heller, who would later turn his experience into the classic 1961 war novel Catch-22. Now aviation historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver takes a closer look at the real-life men of the 57th, whose camaraderie in the face of death inspired the raucous cast of heroes and antiheros in Catch-22.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, screenwriter and military historian, is a contributing editor of Flight Journal and the author of Aces of the 78th Fighter Group, Air Combat Annals, and Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.

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Titel: The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the ...
Verlag: Regnery History
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good