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Author George, R. C., author.

Title Lightning sky : a U.S. fighter pilot captured during WWII and his father's quest to find him / R. C. George ; foreword by Marcus Brotherton.

Imprint New York, NY Citadel Press, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5472 GEORGE    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.54 GEO    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A U.S. fighter pilot captured by the enemy. A father determined to rescue his son. One of the most remarkable and moving true stories of faith and perseverance to come out of World War II. On October 6, 1944, twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David "Mac" Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when his P-38 Lightning was struck over the Adriatic Sea. Catptured by the Germans, he spent the duration of the war shuttled from camp to camp. Meanwhile, his father, Lieutenant Colonel Vaughn MacArthur, a chaplain with the 8th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army, never stopped searching for his son. In May, 1945 he finally found him at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany--Adapted from jacket flap.
Subject MacArthur, David Warren.
MacArthur, Vaughn.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Stalag VII A.
Added Author Brotherton, Marcus, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780806538969 (hardcover)
0806538961 (hardcover)
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