The Wild Blue: The Men And Boys Who Flew The B-24s Over Germany (2001) By Stephen E. Ambrose
 
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to last year's New York Times no.1 bestseller, NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD.
 
Author Stephen Ambrose brings us the unforgettable story of the young men who flew the B-24s over wartime Germany.
 
In THE WILD BLUE, Ambrose describes how the Air Force recruited, trained and then chose the few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B-24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties. With his extraordinary talent for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose takes us along in the B-24s as their crews fought to the death to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine.
 
Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern flew thirty-five missions and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. THE WILD BLUE will be published in America, simultaneously with the Dreamworks/HBO ten-part series, BAND OF BROTHERS, based on Ambrose's bestselling account of Easy Company on its journey from training camps in England to Hitler's headquarters.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
299 pages
In Good Condition