LEADER 02916nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910777769203321 005 20230828200841.0 010 $a1-280-93342-9 010 $a9786610933426 010 $a1-57441-396-1 010 $a1-4337-1015-3 010 $a1-4294-6912-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472991 035 $a(EBL)313243 035 $a(OCoLC)187394790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218686 035 $a(PQKB)10870701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313243 035 $a(OCoLC)133088196 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse7824 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313243 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331589 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472991 100 $a20051121d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn hostile skies$b[electronic resource] $ean American B-24 pilot in World War II /$fJames M. Davis ; edited by David L. Snead 210 $aDenton, Tex. $cUniversity of North Texas Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aNorth Texas military biography and memoir series ;$vno. 3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-209-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 218-222) and index. 327 $aPreface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Dream; Chapter 2 - Training; Chapter 3 - Flying the Beast; Chapter 4 - Topeka to Belfast; Chapter 5 - The First Mission; Chapter 6 - Our Early Missions; Chapter 7 - Close Calls; Chapter 8 - Finishing Our Tour; Chapter 9 - Homecoming; Epilogue; Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $aJames ""Jim"" Davis lived what he considered ""an impossible dream"" as he piloted a B-24 as part of the 8th Air Force on more than thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944. 410 0$aNorth Texas military biography and memoir series ;$vno. 3. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aB-24 (Bomber) 606 $aBomber pilots$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aB-24 (Bomber) 615 0$aBomber pilots 676 $a940.54/4973092 676 $aB 700 $aDavis$b James M.$f1921-$01547142 701 $aSnead$b David L$g(David Lindsey)$01547143 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777769203321 996 $aIn hostile skies$93803268 997 $aUNINA