Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
viii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Note |
Maps on end pages. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index. |
Contents |
Wanderlust -- The Wild Blue Yonder -- Jay & Joe -- "The Sacred Duty of the Leading Race" -- The Fortress -- The Winds of War -- The Japanese Citadel -- Into the Fight -- Breaking the Code -- The Renegade Pilot -- The Bulldog -- A Microscopic Metropolis -- Ken's Men -- A Place Where Trouble Started -- "Clear as a Bell" -- The Missing General -- Pushing North -- A Fine Reunion -- "A Motley Collection of Outcasts" -- Blood on the Bismarck Sea -- The Flight of the Geishas -- Old 666 -- The Outlaws -- No Position Is Safe -- New Additions -- "Hell, No!" -- Buka -- "Give 'Em Hell!" -- The Desperate Dive -- Get It Home -- "He's All Right" -- Dobodura. |
Summary |
"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Isand Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific--but not without making the ultimate sacrifice,"--Baker & Taylor. |
Subject |
Zeamer, Jay, Jr., 1918-2007.
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 22nd -- Biography.
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Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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B-17 bomber.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Clavin, Tom, 1954- author.
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ISBN |
9781476774855 (hardcover) |
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1476774854 (hardcover) |
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9781476774862 (trade pbk.) |
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1476774862 (trade pbk.) |
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