Author: Raymond E. Brim
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
Pathfinder Pioneer
Author: Raymond E. Brim
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612003532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One young man’s story of combat in the air, constant battles for survival, and the development of radar technology for use against the Luftwaffe. This is the story of how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America’s air counteroffensive in Europe. Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked out by the US Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe’s defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom—from which 80,000 never returned. This book gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our “Greatest Generation.” Brim was one of the first Pathfinder pilots to fly both day and night missions, leading bomb groups of six-hundred-plus bombers to their targets. At the onset of his missions in the spring of 1943, B-17 crews were given a fifty-fifty chance of returning. All his raids were nerve-wracking forays into the unknown, struggles to survive the damage to his plane caused by flak and German fighter attacks and bring his ten-man crew home, often wounded—but still alive.
Pioneer Pathfinder
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The Pathfinder; Or, the Inland Sea. By the Author of “The Pioneers” [i.e. J. Fenimore Cooper], Etc
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Pioneer Pathfinder
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Explorer Pathfinder and Pioneer
Author: CENGAGE Learning
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781426354885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
1 copy each of 33 Pioneer and 33 Pathfinder Science titles (66 books total)
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781426354885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
1 copy each of 33 Pioneer and 33 Pathfinder Science titles (66 books total)
Pathfinder and the Pioneer Spirit
Author: Sheila Fewtrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861161041
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861161041
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Pathfinder; or, The inland sea, by the author of 'The pioneers'.
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
The Pathfinder; or, the Inland sea. By the author of "The Pioneers" i.e. J. Fenimore Cooper , etc
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The Wind and Beyond
Author: Theodore Von Kármán
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Samuel J. Mills
Author: Thomas Cole Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description