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Loading... The War of the Cottontails: Memoirs of a WW II Bomber Pilot (edition 1989)by William R. Cubbins (Author)
Work InformationThe War of the Cottontails: Memoirs of a WW II Bomber Pilot by William R. Cubbins
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Lieut. William R. Cubbins (the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. ) and his officers and crew were on a bombing run over Rumania in 1944 when their B-24 Liberator took a direct hit from exploding flak and they were forced to bail out over enemy territory, spending several months in a Romanian POW camp before being liberated when Romania declared war on Nazi Germany. 15th AF, 450th Bombardment Group (known as The Cottontails because of the white rudders of their B-24s) no reviews | add a review
"The air about us erupted into an orange and black inferno that tossed us violently upward, and rained steel against the ship. The sound was instantaneous, then gone. But the sky continued to erupt like a field of volcanoes spewing unseen death, shredding the air about us. 'The aircraft was mortally wounded. Number-three had lost power and was running erratically. I fought the controls to stabilize the swaying ship....' Lieutenant William R. Cubbins and his officers and crew were on a bombing run over Rumania in 1944 when their B-24 Liberator took a direct hit from exploding flak and they were forced to bail out over enemy territory."--Book Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IILC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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