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Wood, W. Raymond,

Or go down in flame : a navigator's death over Schweinfurt / Navigator's death over Schweinfurt by W. Raymond Wood. - 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations, maps

"Wicked WAAC, B-17 Flying Fortress"--Page 147.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A lost airman -- Air war over Germany -- Prospects for survival -- Into the arena -- Last of the milk runs -- Second Schweinfurt -- The destruction of the Wicked WAAC -- Bailout over Bavaria -- A funeral in Germany -- The American Graves Registration Command -- A melancholy homecoming -- Beyond Black Thursday -- Appendix.

ISBN: 9781612001784 (e-book)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wood, Elbert S. 1921-1943.
Dowden, Leland A.--Friends and associates.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 369th --Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Flight navigators--United States--Biography.
B-17 bomber.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Aschaffenburg (Landkreis)
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Schweinfurt (Germany)--History--Bombardment, 1939-1945.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: D757.9.S35 / W663 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54213