Any recommendations for an old Bomber nav?
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Any recommendations for an old Bomber nav?
I have an elderly American relative who was a B-17 navigator during WW2(he is 95)
I am visiting him in a few weeks time and would like to take him a book which would be relevant to that period.
USAF/RAF....Navigator...WW2 bombing campaign.
Would any Ppruners have any suggestions?
Thanks Folks
I am visiting him in a few weeks time and would like to take him a book which would be relevant to that period.
USAF/RAF....Navigator...WW2 bombing campaign.
Would any Ppruners have any suggestions?
Thanks Folks
Playboy ,or Readers Wives....?and a Nurse..
A Real Good War by Sam Halpert would be an excellent choice.
He was a B17 navigator and his memoirs are thinly disguised as fiction. A superb read.
Try that well-known South American river for a copy.
ISBN-10: 0941072304
ISBN-13: 978-0941072304
He was a B17 navigator and his memoirs are thinly disguised as fiction. A superb read.
Try that well-known South American river for a copy.
ISBN-10: 0941072304
ISBN-13: 978-0941072304
B17 Navigator
Perhaps I could also suggest he thinks about contributing his reminiscences in the Military Aircrew Forum in the "Gaining an RAF pilot's brevet in WW2"?
There's a wealth of info for him to absorb and it would be a desperate shame if those memories were to be lost without being recorded. Not providing those memories diminishes the sacrifice of those that can no longer have their own memories kept alive.
Do your best to encourage him, it would be of great interest to compare USAAF training with RAF and also daylight versus night bombing....
There's a wealth of info for him to absorb and it would be a desperate shame if those memories were to be lost without being recorded. Not providing those memories diminishes the sacrifice of those that can no longer have their own memories kept alive.
Do your best to encourage him, it would be of great interest to compare USAAF training with RAF and also daylight versus night bombing....
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I have a copy of this book =>
I picked it up for peanuts at a car boot sale.
I'd be happy to sent it to you. PM me if you'd like it.
Steve
I picked it up for peanuts at a car boot sale.
I'd be happy to sent it to you. PM me if you'd like it.
Steve
Eastern Wiseguy,
Try "No moon tonight" by Don Charlwood, "Luck and a Lancaster" by Harry Yates, and "Lancaster Target" by Jack Currie. All from an RAF perspective, the first from a New Zealand (possibly Australian?) navigator.
"8th Air Force" by Donald L Miller is a good read. From the other side, "Eagles Wings" by Hajo Hermann is a riveting read. The "Wilde Sau" operations albeit against RAF night bombers is startling.
Be careful though; many years ago, I flew an ex-B17 navigator round his old base at Nuthampstead in a 172. He was visiting England for the first time since active service, having recently retired. The trip unlocked emotions he'd bottled up since completing his tour and was very difficult for him.
BSD.
Try "No moon tonight" by Don Charlwood, "Luck and a Lancaster" by Harry Yates, and "Lancaster Target" by Jack Currie. All from an RAF perspective, the first from a New Zealand (possibly Australian?) navigator.
"8th Air Force" by Donald L Miller is a good read. From the other side, "Eagles Wings" by Hajo Hermann is a riveting read. The "Wilde Sau" operations albeit against RAF night bombers is startling.
Be careful though; many years ago, I flew an ex-B17 navigator round his old base at Nuthampstead in a 172. He was visiting England for the first time since active service, having recently retired. The trip unlocked emotions he'd bottled up since completing his tour and was very difficult for him.
BSD.
