American
Airmen of WW II
This book deals with the experiences of
'young' aircrews from WWII's European and Pacific campaigns, 19 and
20 year olds who faced war in the skies.
Submitted by the veterans themselves,
or thier relatives, and documents their stories about life as POWs or
enguaged in feats of survival to keep their planes in the air, and the
legacy of those crews that never returned.
One account covers The story about Earle W. Painter, a B-24 Ball Turret
Gunner 13th Air Force, 307th Bomb Group, 371st
Bomb Squadron [ Read
"The Final Flight of "Rum Dum" ]