| Description |
1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Series |
The American military experience series |
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American military experience series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Lamar, Lee (Edgar Lee)
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Bottoms Up (B-24 bomber)
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United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.
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Stalag Luft I.
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Lamar, Edgar Lee.
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United States. Army Air Forces.
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Barth.
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Wetzlar.
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Barth -- Stalag Luft I.
(DE-588c)4656752-5
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Wetzlar -- Dulag Luft.
(DE-588c)7638878-5
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B-24 (Bomber)
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Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Barth.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Kampfflieger. (DE-588c)4332113-6
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Kriegsgefangener. (DE-588c)4033131-3
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United States. (DE-588c)4078704-7
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1944-1945.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Okerstrom, Dennis. Final mission of Bottoms Up. Columbia, Missouri ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2011 9780826219480 (OCoLC)711050971 |
| ISBN |
9780826272676 (electronic bk.) |
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0826272673 (electronic bk.) |
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