In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574412094 ISBN 13: 9781574412093

Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

James "Jim" Davis lived what he considered "an impossible dream" as he piloted a B-24 as part of the 8th Air Force on more than thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944, attacking enemy airfields, airplane factories, railroad marshalling yards, ship yards, oil refineries, and chemical plants. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions.

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About the Author

JAMES M. DAVIS is a retired businessman who lives in Midland, Texas, with his wife of over six decades, Jean. He served on active duty in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and then in the Air Force reserves until 1961. DAVID L. SNEAD, the editor, is an associate professor of history at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He verified Davis's account against military records and added explanatory notes for context.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574412094
• ISBN 13: 9781574412093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256