A Wing and a Prayer: The Bloody 100th Bomb Group of the Us Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II
Harry H. Crosby, Chris Monteiro (reader)
A first person account of bombing runs over Germany written by a decorated flight navigator. What's more remarkable this is an American who is modest and self-deprecating. On a mission in which he spent most of the flight unaware of his exact location and made multiple errors and omissions he was awarded the DFC for his brilliant navigation. And he freely admits to being frequently airsick, but then Lord Nelson suffered from seasickness.
Did being called on the flight line without breakfast have anything to do with his lack of air sickness?
Having set up a special top secret school for pathfinders base commanders are requested to send a flight crew each and take the opportunity to rid themselves of their worst flyers.
Unlike historians who have assessed the effectiveness bombing this author lived it and it would be an existential crisis to believe his sacrifice and that of those with whom he served was worthless but with Oppenheimer he can wish that wars would cease and his talents had not been necessary.
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