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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459997003321

Autore

Mason Richard M. <1922-2002, >

Titolo

Odyssey of a bombardier : the POW log of Richard M. Mason / / edited by John J. Hurt and Steven E. Sidebotham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newark : , : University of Delaware Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61149-527-X

1-61149-496-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/7243092

B

Soggetti

Bombardiers - United States

B-17 bomber - History - 20th century

Prisoners of war - United States

Prisoners of war - Germany

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, German

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; A Tribute to My Grandfather; Introduction; Maps and Photos; Reproduction of "A Wartime Log forBritish Prisoners, 'Yanks Too,'"; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Odyssey of a Bombardier</span><span> is the illustrated Prisoner of War "log" that depicts the experiences of bombardier Richard M. Mason in German prison camps after his B-17 was shot down by the Germans in France in 1944. The log follows Mason from the day his plane crashed until his liberation in April, 1945, and his return home to the United States.</span></span>