A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war against Germany." --Publishers Weekly

They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They f…

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