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Combat Crew

The Story of 25 Combat Missions over Europe from the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner

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Combat Crew

By: John Comer
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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About this listen

John Comer kept a journal of the 25 missions he flew in 1943, when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80 percent. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occurred. Comer vividly creates his experiences as top-turret gunner/flight engineer in a B-17 squadron that was thrown against the best pilots the Luftwaffe could offer. In 1943 the army air force had no long-range fighters to protect the B-17s as they flew deep into enemy territory. Immediate, straightforward, and compelling, Combat Crew is a classic of aerial warfare.

©1988 John Comer (P)2015 Tantor Military Thought-Provoking Scary

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A great book revealing the trials and tribulations, loves and laughs and fears of young airmen at war. Excellent narration. Recommended.

Felt like i was one of the crew!

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Great book, very interesting account of a top turret engineers journey through his hoped for 25 missions.

Great 1st hand diary from the 381st bomb group

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a very good info on the US airforce in Europe during WW2 and there lives

good insight about the US airforce in Europe

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A fascinating account of the war from a crew member's perspective. Unbelievable how these brave men volunteered to face almost certain death on a mission by mission basis. The writer details his personal experiences in a highly emotionally intelligent way, really giving you a good insight into what these crews went through.
The narrator is fantastic, definitely a book to read/listen again.

A beautiful and absorbing account of the b17 crews in the war

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It was like I was in there with them.
A must for any aviation enthusiast

Superb

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