 McGovern top row, 2nd from left, Bill Rounds, top row, 1st on left | |
| Author | Stephen E. Ambrose |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Design by Lisa Chovnik |
| Language | English |
| Subject | History of a WWII B-24, George McGovern pilot |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paperback, Hardback |
| Pages | 304 in Paperback |
| ISBN | 978-0-7434-5062-1 |
| OCLC | 59450527 |
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany, by historian and best selling author Stephen Ambrose, was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book published in 2001. It details the lives and World War II experiences of pilots, bombardiers, navigators, radio operators and gunners flying B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force against Nazi Germany. The book entails a recounting of George McGovern's exceptional career as a chief pilot of a B-24 with the 455th Bomb Group in Italy, encompassing 35 bombing missions. With the odds of surviving all 35 missions as low as 50 %, the bomber crews flew during dangerous daylight hours, in risky tight flying formations, and despite bad weather and assaults of heavy, deadly, flak from ground-based German anti-aircraft guns.[1][2][3]
- ^ Ambrose, Steven E., The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany, (2001), Trade Paperback Edition, Simon and Schuster, book cover blurb
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Enoteswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 50 % chances of survival in Ambrose, Steven, Wild Blue, pg. 126