LEADER 00000cam 2200745Ki 4500 001 ocn781635708 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074939.5 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 120326s2011 mouac ob 001 0beng d 019 794489202|a868217823|a929155024|a932311520 020 9780826272676|q(electronic bk.) 020 0826272673|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)781635708|z(OCoLC)794489202|z(OCoLC)868217823 |z(OCoLC)929155024|z(OCoLC)932311520 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dYDXCP|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dTEFOD|dNLGGC |dOCLCO|dP@U|dOCLCO|dCOO|dOCLCO|dTEFOD|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO |dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dOCLCO 043 n-us---|ae-gx--- 049 GTKE 050 4 D790|b.O43 2011eb 082 04 940.5449|bO41f|222 100 1 Okerstrom, Dennis. 245 14 The final mission of Bottoms Up :|ba World War II pilot's story /|cDennis R. Okerstrom. 264 1 Columbia, Missouri ;|aLondon :|bUniversity of Missouri Press,|c[2011] 264 4 |c©2011 300 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) :|billustrations, portraits. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 The American military experience series 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and index. 505 0 Over Udine, Italy -- Krvavici, Croatia -- The 1930s -- 1941-42 -- The crew -- Overseas at last -- Spinazzola, Italy -- First combat -- Finally ... mission countdown -- It's not all combat ... -- Mission after mission after ... -- 18 November 1944 -- What hath God wrought -- "Vor you, der var iss ofer" -- Interrogation and isolation -- 8 December 1944-1 May 1945 -- 30 April-20 June 1945 -- Home at last -- Olathe, Kansas -- The crew -- Short focused -- The real work -- Pula Croatia. 520 On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar struggled alongside pilot Randall Darden to keep Bottoms Up, their B -24J Liberator, in the air. Over Pula in what is now Croatia, they were once more hit by German fire. Lamar all but surrendered to death before fortuitously bailing out and being captured. in 2006 Lamar received an email from Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic who had discovered the wreckage of Bottoms Up. 588 0 Print version record. 600 10 Lamar, Lee|q(Edgar Lee) 600 10 Lamar, Edgar Lee. 610 10 United States.|bArmy Air Forces|vBiography. 610 10 United States.|bArmy Air Forces. 610 17 Barth|xStalag Luft I.|0(DE-588c)4656752-5|2swd 610 17 Wetzlar|xDulag Luft.|0(DE-588c)7638878-5|2swd 610 20 Bottoms Up (B-24 bomber) 610 20 Stalag Luft I. 610 20 Barth. 610 20 Wetzlar. 648 7 Geschichte 1944-1945.|2swd 650 0 B-24 (Bomber) 650 0 Bomber pilots|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Air pilots, Military|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, American. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, American. 650 0 Prisoners of war|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Prisoners of war|zGermany|vBiography. 650 0 Prisoners of war|zGermany|zBarth. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xPrisoners and prisons, German. 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xHistorical.|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|xMilitary|xWorld War II.|2bisacsh 650 07 Kampfflieger.|0(DE-588c)4332113-6|2swd 650 07 Kriegsgefangener.|0(DE-588c)4033131-3|2swd 651 7 United States.|0(DE-588c)4078704-7|2swd 655 0 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aOkerstrom, Dennis.|tFinal mission of Bottoms Up.|dColumbia, Missouri ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2011|z9780826219480|w(OCoLC)711050971 830 0 American military experience series. 914 ocn781635708 994 93|bGTK
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