Black Thursday
by Martin Caidin
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On Thursday, October 14, 1943, two hundred and ninety one B-17 Flying Fortresses set out for a strategic bombing raid on the factories in Schweinfurt. Sixty of those planes never returned and six hundred and fifty men were lost during the course of that mission. It was the greatest failure that the United States Air Force had ever suffered and became known as "Black Thursday." Martin Caidin's Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid is a brilliant account of that day that should show more never be forgotten. This book uncovers in thrilling detail the build-up to that fateful raid as the ground crew prepare the aircraft and the aviators are briefed on their mission ahead. By consulting with first-hand accounts and interviewing survivors Caidin's book takes the listener to the heart of the action as the planes burst into battle in the skies above Western Europe. show lessTags
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My uncle Edward B. Hughel flew on this mission and was his crew had to parachute out in enemy territory. He survived and was liberated in March of 1945.
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- Canonical title
- Black Thursday
- Original title
- Black Thursday
- Original publication date
- 1960-10
- Dedication
- In Memory of
KEITH M. GARRISON
Lieutenant Colonel , USAF,
whose third combat mission
was Number 115, Schweinfurt,
14 October 1943.
Died 1 February 1960
in the crash of his B-52 bomber. - First words
- Even experienced veterans of strategic air warfare in the European Theater of Operations found it difficult to believe, in October, 1943, that only fourteen months had passed since the first American heavy bombers had venture... (show all)d forth from British soil into the skies over German-dominated Europe.
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