- PROLOGUE - 1
- CHAPTER 1: A SAMPLE OF WHAT’S TO COME - 4
- The Roar That Gave Them Hope - 4
- Ludwigshaven—A Mission to Remember - 6
- Ploesti - 7
- Nazis Kill 491st BG Crewmen - 15
- When an Enemy was a Friend - 17
- While Europe Appeased the Barbary Pirates, America Sent in the Navy - 19
- 15th Air Force Mission to Brenner Pass - 21
- “The Poor 100th” - 23
- Memories of an Interlude in England in 1944 - 25
- B-24 Bashing—The End 27
How the Spitfire Stole the Thunder from the Hurricane - 29
- Incident On Kiel Mission - 30
- Marine pilots flew medium-bomber missions - 31
- CHAPTER 2: MISSION STORIES - 34
- Big-B by Day - 34
- The First Time I Saw Paris, June 2, 1944 - 36
- Jinx Ship - 40
- Nazi Hell Under My Blue Heaven - 44
- North Sea Bailout—May 29, 1944 - 48
- A Bit of Trouble Over Norwich - 50
- Tondelayo’s Last Mission—Target: Politz - 51
- Wings Of Memory - 55
- Major Hackett remembers the mission: - 58
- The following is a quote from Al Ciurzack’s diary: - 60
- Mission to Zwichau - 63
- The Hard Luck 492nd - 70
- Second Time Around—August 16, 1944 - 73
- The Thirteenth Mission - 74
- The “Unforgettable Second”—That Was a Rough Mission! - 78
- The Second Time Was a Charm! - 79
- Yanks in Britain - 80
- CHAPTER 3: ABOUT ME - 84
- First 22 Years - 84
- My 33 Missions: - 90
- CHAPTER 4: MISSION STORIES - 118
- “Drama Over Cologne,” 14 October 1944 - 118
- “Drama Over Cologne” Part 2 - 119
- A Textbook on Escaping - 121
- That Specially-Remembered Mission for the 445th - 125
- The Hamm Raid, April 22, 1944 - 126
- The Infamous Kassel Raid, September 27, 1944 - 129
- Being Jewish Was An Extra Risk For This Kassel Survivor! - 132
- Operation Market Garden - 135
- “Ordeal” in Paris - 139
- Prisoner of War: Henry Morris’ Last Flight - 141
- Regensburg - 145
- Our Unforgettable Mission 23 Was Worth Every “Penny” Of It - 148
- Let’s Not Forget What Happened to Lt. Edwin M. Helton’s Crew - 151
- CHAPTER 5: PEOPLE - 154
- Dedicated Control Tower Personnel - 154
- Who Packs Your Parachute? - 155
- Jane Windham, Flight Engineer, Killed in Crash - 156
- Gen Jimmy Doolittle Dies - 157
- “I Remember Billy” - 157
- Major General Andrew S. Low, Jr., USAF—Retired - 159
- Are These the Final Details of Glenn Miller’s Death? - 161
- Hap Arnold: America’s First Airman! Army Air Force, WWII - 163
- His Bravery Was No Act - 175
- One Day in the Life of Aviation Ordnance - 177
- “The Gunner”: The passing of an incredible era - 178
- 448th Bomb Group Profiles - 181
- Yanks in Britain 183
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! - 186
- 8th Air Force Nomads - 187
- Rommel: Leader of the Afrika Korps; Master of Mobile Warfare - 189
- A Viking in the 8th Air Force 190
Patricia’s Enduring Mission - 196
- Hearty Hilda - 201
- Issy was a Hero - 202
- A Post-War Talk with Top Nazi Albert Speer - 204
- Unsung People - 215
- CHAPTER 6: MISSION STORIES - 218
- The Ballantrae Disaster - 218
- Mission 23: Baumenheim, Germany—19 March, 1945 - 220
- Duneberg 221
Duneberg—April 7, 1945 - 223
- After The Mission Is Over - 224
- The Final Flight of the Original “Bird Dog” Crew - 227
- My First Trip To Germany, And It Had To Be Berlin - 236
- “Crunch Landing” at Seething - 238
- Dessau Was No Picnic! - 241
- It’s A Small, Small World After All - 243
- 448th’s Mission to an Underground Oil Storage Facility - 245
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- Half A Mission Gets You - 252
- Mission With a Surprise Ending - 254
- Not a Happy New Year’s Day - 255
- Over the Rainbow - 260
- Paralyzed With Fear - 264
- Wesel, Germany: D-Day at the Rhine River, 24 March 1945 - 267
- Mission No. 18: “D” Day, June 6, 1944 - 271
- CHAPTER 7: ALMOST EVERYTHING - 281
- This and That - 282
- International Travel - 289
- Fact or Fiction - 294
- From the 491st BG Ringmaster’s Magazine - 295
- CHAPTER 8: OTHER STORIES - 299
- How We Spent V-E Day - 299
- Ernie Pyle’s Column on the St. Lo Air Raid—25 July, 1944 - 303
- The 1919 U.S. Army Air Service Flying Regulations - 306
- Tales of the 44th: Return to Kjeller - 307
- Norway Remembers Americans’ Sacrifice - 310
- Princess’ Death Ends Fairy Tale - 313
- The Revenge of Corporal Weinberg - 315
- We are the Mustangs, Your “Little Friends” of World War II! - 318
- California, One-Way! - 320
- France to England in a Life Raft - 322
- The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum - 324
- Shot Down by the Battleship Archangel - 325
- Midnight - 327
- The Freckleton Tragedy - 329
- Oradour sur Glane Saturday, 10th June, 1944 - 330
- Mike’s Flag - 332
- The Father Of Aerial Bombardment - 333
- More On The Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen - 334
- How The Nazi Generals Justified Their Defeat - 337
- CHAPTER 9: ARIS A. MALLAS - 342
- Brief biographical sketch on: Aris A. “Bob” Mallas - 342
- Military Experiences of Bob Mallas - 348
- Three Incidents Relative To Combat Soldiers - 353
- The Holland Trip… The Reaction of One of Our Allies - 356
- I Leave Europe and Return Home - 358
- Part l—The Stage is Set: - 359
- Part Two—The Surprise! - 363
- CHAPTER 10: FLYING STORIES (MOSTLY) - 368
- My B-24 Experience - 368
- From “Before I say Adieu” - 369
- The American Eagle Squadrons - 369
- Some Stats on WWII Era Aircraft Losses - 371
- My Shortest Mission - 371
- The “Liberalization” of the Soviet Air Forces - 372
- Russian Excursion—World War II Style - 373
- OSS Code Name: Carpetbagger - 375
- Recovery Team Gets First Glimpse of B-24 Crash Site in China - 376
- Stevens and Holm—Ditching With Nose Turret Shot Off - 377
- On The Trail of “Wabbit Tracks” - 378
- Lest We Forget - 379
- From BOMBER LEGENDS—Dear Editor - 380
- Impact of Air Combat - 380
- You just gotta “hand it” to this guy! - 381
- Pilot dead, 2 others injured, nose battered, B-24 returns. - 382
- Drama Over Cologne, 14 October 1944 - 384
- Buzz Bombs: D-Day Was Too Late - 385
- CHAPTER 11: NON-FLYING STORIES - 387
- USAAF Air Transport Command - 387
- B-47 Stratojet - 388
- Bits and Pieces of a Tour - 390
- Journal Editor Visits with “Hump” Fliers - 392
- Let’s Play Tag!!! - 394
- Landing in “Neutral” Switzerland - 396
- Lest We Forget: “The Black March” - 398
- The Tempelhof Experience 1949-1951 - 400
- Reflections on Tonopah Lights and Delights - 404
- Chivalry In Adversity - 406
- How Did My Brother Die? - 410
- Taps—Do You Know the Whole Story? - 415
- Auf Wiedersehen - 416
- CHAPTER 12: ME AGAIN - 418
- Biography 1945-2008 - 418
- EPILOGUE - 439
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