The fall of fortresses: a personal account of the most daring, and deadly, American air battles of World War II
General fiction, War
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Bendiner, a navigator aboard a World War II B-17, describes some of the daring and deadly American air battles in which he participated and the strategy behind them. Two of the missions were attempts to obliterate the ball-bearing plants in… Schweinfurt, which were indispensable to the German war machine. Flying unescorted most of the way, the B-17s encountered fierce resistance from the Luftwaffe and flak batteries. Some strong language. , , and some strong language. 1980
Title Details
ISBN
9780399123726
Publisher
Putnam
Copyright Date
1980
Book number
5151780
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
George Patterson
Duration
7 hours 31 minutes 10 seconds
Audio producer
NLS