starks george (34 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. This work tells the story of Lt. George Starks and the nine-man crew of his Flying Fortress who took off from England in 1944 assigned to the "coffin corner," the most exposed position in the bomber formation, headed for Germany. They never got there. They were shot down over Nazi-occupied France, and faced ordeals of injury, betrayal, captivity, hunger, and depression. The book contains photographs, illustrations, maps, notes, and an index. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good/Very Good in Brodart. Illustrated in Color & B&W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 9781621576266 1621576264 The dust jacket is protected by a clear, plastic, cover. A First Edition with the copyright page listing the full number sequence of 1-10 present. The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Remainder marked on the top pages' edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a thick black ink remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used like new. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Used very good. Used like new hardcover in used very good dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Back of dust jacket has a ½ centimeter closed tear to the lower left-hand corner. 8vo. (6.25 x 1 x 9.3 inches) Includes photo plates, notes, and an index. 287 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A Story of Adventure, Survival, Loyalty, and Brotherhood Taking off from England on March 16, 1944, young Lt. George Starks and the nine-man crew of his Flying Fortress were assigned to the "coffin corner," the most exposed position in the bomber formation headed for Germany. They never got there. Shot down over Nazi-occupied France, the airmen bailed out one by one, scattered across the countryside. Miraculously, all ten survived, but as they discarded their parachutes in the farmland of Champagne, their wartime odyssey was only beginning. Alone, with a broken foot and a 20mm shell fragment in his thigh, twenty-year-old Starks set out on an incredible 300-mile trek to Switzerland, making his way with the help of ordinary men and women who often put themselves in great danger on his behalf. Six weeks later, on the verge of giving up, Starks found himself in the hands of a heroic member of the French Resistancehe calls him "the bravest man I've ever known"who got him safely across the heavily guarded border. Similar ordeals awaited the other nine crewmen, who faced injury, betrayal, captivity, hunger, and depression. It was nothing short of miraculous that all ten came home at the end of the war. George Starks emerged from his ordeal with two passionsto stay in touch with his crew whatever the obstacles and to return to France to find and thank the brave souls to whom he owed his life. His enduring loyalty enabled him to do both.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher: Regnery History, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Capt. George Starks, WWII B-17 Pilot The Mighty Eighth. Foreword by Lt. Gen. E. G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr., Former Commander English Air Force. Book is bound in black cloth with silver title to spine, very clean and unmarked, faint rubbing to lower edge, ever-so-sight compression of upper corner tips, remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Internals as new. A story of Adventure, Loyalty, and Brotherhood. On March 16, 1944 Lt George Starks and the nine-man crew of his Flying Fortress headed for Germany assigned to "coffin corners', the most exposed position in the bomber formation. They never got there. Shot down over Nazi-occupied France, the airmen bailed and scattered over the countryside in the farmland of Champagne. This is their story--the one who got safely across the border, Capt. George W. Starks, and the nine crewmen who faced injury, betrayal, captivity, hunger--and all came home safely at the end of the war. George Starks stayed in touch with his crew whatever the obstacles and returned to France to thank those to whom he owed his life. 320 pages. 8vo. 2018, Regnery History.

hardcover with dustjacket. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First Edition. No names or markings. Capt. George W. Starks, WW II B-17 pilot, The Mighty Eighth. Foreward by Lt. Gen. E. G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr. Former Commander Eighth Air Force. ; Standard Book Size.; 266 pages.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Coyright © 1985 by the Foundation for Re. 130 pp. Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 1985 issue only! ISSN: 0090-7790. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Coyright © 1984 by the Foundation for Re. 133 pp. Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 1984 issue only! ISSN: 0090-7790. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 265 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Foreword by Lieutenant General E.G. "Buck" Shuler Jr.; Remembrances by Paul and Mike Starks; Introduction; Epilogue: One More Time to France; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. Illustrated with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and maps. "A story of adventure, survival, loyalty and brotherhood. Taking off from England on March 16, 1944, young Lt. George Starks and the nine-man crew of his Flying Fortress were assigned to the "coffin corner," the most exposed position in the bomber formation headed for Germany. They never got there. Shot down over Nazi-occupied France, the airmen bailed out one by one, scattered across the countryside. Miraculously, all ten survived, but as they discarded their parachutes in the farmland of Champagne, their wartime odyssey was only beginning. Alone, with a broken foot and a 20mm shell fragment in his thigh, twenty-year-old Starks set out on an incredible 300-mile trek to Switzerland, making his way with the help of ordinary men and women who often put themselves in great danger on his behalf. Six weeks later, on the verge of giving up, Starks found himself in the hands of a heroic member of the French Resistance - he calls him "the bravest man I've ever known" - who got him safely across the heavily guarded border. Similar ordeals awaited the other nine crewmen, who faced injury, betrayal, captivity, hunger, and depression. It was nothing short of miraculous that all ten came home at the end of the war. George Starks emerged from his ordeal with two passions - to stay in touch with his crew whatever the obstacles and to return to France to find and thank the brave souls to whom he owed his life. His enduring loyalty enabled him to do both." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 265 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xxi,[1], 266 pages. Maps. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. Black mark on bottom edge. Foreword by Lt. Gen. E. G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr. George Starks and all the others parachuted into Nazi-occupied France and spent the next several harrowing weeks dodging Germans, aided by French villagers. Finally, George met a member of the French Resistance, who helped him during the final weeks of his 300-mile trek into Switzerland. This journey was filled with terrifying moments, including passage through five German roadblocks while George was hidden on the rear floorboard of a car. Growing up in a family steeped in military history, Carole Engle Avriett often heard her uncleâ"chief mechanic for Gen. Claire Lee Chenault's Flying Tigersâ"insist, "Ain't no fake stories ever gonna outdo the real ones." Avriett pursued a career as an editor with Southern Living Magazine recording real-life stories, then as an author at the intersection of true-life narratives and military history. Coffin Corner Boys is her sixth book. Avriett graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a BA of double majors in English and History, specializing in Military History. She received a Masters of Education with a concentration in English Composition from Auburn University where she taught Advanced Composition. Lieutenant General E.G. "Buck" Shuler Jr. (born 1936) was commander of Strategic Air Command's Eighth Air Force in Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Eighth Air Force comprises about half of SAC's long-range force of manned bombers, tankers and intercontinental ballistic missiles. As a young band of brothers flies over German-occupied France, they come under heavy fire. Their B-17 is shot down and the airmen, stumbling through fields and villages, scatter across Europe. Some struggled to flee for safety. Others were captured immediately and imprisoned. Now, for the first time, their incredible story of grit, survival, and reunion is told. In 1944, George Starks was just a nineteen-year-old kid from Florida when he and his high school buddies enlisted in the US military. They wanted to join the action of WWII. George was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, in which the median age was 22, and on his crew's first bombing mission together received the most vulnerable spot of a B-17 mission configuration: low squadron, low group, flying #6 in the bomber box formation. Airmen called George's position the Coffin Corner because here exposure was most likely to draw hostile fire. Sure enough, George's plane was shot down by a German Fw190, and he jumped at 25,000 feet for the first and only time, as he tells the story. He landed near Vitry-le-Perthois to begin a 300-mile trek through the dangers of war-torn France towards the freedom of neutral Switzerland. Through waist-deep snow, searing exhaustion, and close encounters with Nazis, George repeated to himself the mantra just one more day. He battled to keep walking. His comrades were scattered all across Europe and experienced places as formidable as German POW camps and as hospitable as Spain, each crew member always wondering about the fate of the others. After the war, George made two vows: he would never lose touch with his men again and one day would attempt to thank those who had risked their lives to save his. Despite passage of time and demands of career and family, he accomplished both. He reunited with his crew then twenty-five years later returned to France to locate as many of the brave souls who had helped him evade the enemy as he could. Join George as he retraces his steps to freedom and discover the amazing stories of sacrifice and survival and how ten young American boys plus their French Helpers became heroes.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnWhat begins as the most exciting journey of Ralir s life quickly becomes the realization of his worst nightmares. He discovers through his father that the land of Potieth is not the quiet, peaceful place that he has always known, .

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Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis book was written to show that we all have the right to be loved and show love to others. We are not allowed to change nature or to harm others by our actions. I have life experience as well interviews from drug dealers, abuse.