Deadly Sky

by MCMANUS, JOHN

• ISBN13: 9780891416784
• ISBN10: 0891416781
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-22
• Publisher: Presidio Pr

Summary

Provides compelling information and analysis of the World War II air war around the world with eyewitness testimony from the participants. Provides detailed, eye-witness accounts of the real experiences of combat veterans. DLC: World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

Author Biography

John C. McManus was assistant director of the University of Tennessee's Center for the Study of War and Society. He now lives in St. Louis where he teaches history at a local college.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Who Were These Combat Airmen?	p. 11
The Planes They Flew and the Clothes They Wore	p. 43
People, Places, and Food--Europe	p. 68
People, Places, and Food--The Pacific	p. 97
Flying the Missions	p. 116
Going Down	p. 183
Thinking of the Enemy	p. 239
Leadership in the Air	p. 268
Morale, Deep Thoughts, and Tours of Duty	p. 295
Breaking In Replacements	p. 338
Brotherhood in the Skies	p. 353
Epilogue	p. 368
Notes	p. 380
Select Bibliography	p. 422
Index	p. 427
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