LEADER 00000cam 2200577 i 4500 001 ocn881437069 003 OCoLC 005 20150303034352.0 008 140721s2015 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 2014028702 020 9781137279637|q(hardback)|c$28.00 020 113727963X|q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)881437069 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dIG#|dYDXCP|dBTCTA|dBDX|dOCLCF|dABG |dCDX|dGRR 043 e-ne---|an-us--- 049 CKEA 050 00 D802.N4|bD36 2015 082 00 940.53/1|223 092 940.0000 100 1 Dando-Collins, Stephen,|eauthor. 245 10 Operation Chowhound :|bthe most risky, most glorious US bomber mission of WWII /|cStephen Dando-Collins. 246 3 Most risky, most glorious United States bomber mission of World War II 250 First edition. 264 1 New York, NY :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2015. 300 xiv, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Navigator Ellis B. Scripture's prayer -- Hitler's secret agent -- The suspect prince in the world of James Bond -- The bridge too far : the failure to liberate Holland -- The Germans go on the offensive -- Surviving the hunger winter -- An offer from Nazi Governor Seyss-Inquart -- President "Dutch" Roosevelt's promise -- "Beetle" Bedell Smith's plan -- Farley Mowat goes behind German lines -- The Achterveld Agreement -- The first nervous test flight -- Ike's hatchet man tells the Nazi Governor straight -- The US 8th Air Force prepares for Chowhound -- May 1, 1945 : B-17s over Holland at 400 feet -- Germans open fire on Chowhound bombers -- Audrey Hepburn's birthday present : the liberation of Holland -- Grif Mumford's special air delivery to a Dutch sister -- Bombardier Braidic's fateful decision -- The end : for Seyss-Inquart and the War -- The aftermath -- The best thing we ever did in the War. 610 10 United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|bAir Force, 8th|xHistory. 610 17 United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|bAir Force, 8th.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00534301 611 27 World War (1939-1945)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1900 - 1999|2fast 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xFood supply|zNetherlands. 650 0 Food relief, American|zNetherlands|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Survival and emergency rations|zNetherlands|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 B-17 bomber|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, American. 650 7 B-17 bomber.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00824804 650 7 Economic history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 Food relief, American.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00931064 650 7 Food supply.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00931196 650 7 Military operations, Aerial|xAmerican.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 Survival and emergency rations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01139656 651 0 Netherlands|xEconomic conditions|y1918-1945. 651 7 Netherlands.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204034 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 994 92|bCKE
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