Flak Happy

Farr, Frank

ISBN 10: 1467042587 / ISBN 13: 9781467042581

Published by AuthorHouse Publishing, 2011

Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2716030063504

Synopsis:

Flak over the target only stopped-or slowed-when Nazi fighter planes attacked the bombers of the 8th Air Force in World War II. Flak was anti-aircraft fire, and some 8th AF airmen hated it worse than fighters- "You can fight back against the fighters", they said, "but not the flak; we're just sitting ducks". Like many others, Lt. Frank Farr, B-17 navigator, experienced both and fell victim to both. "Flak Happy" tells the story of his sixteen and a half bombing missions over Nazi Germany. And it describes the mind-numbing consequences of flying repeatedly through that flak and how he and others dealt with them.

About the Author: A graduate of San Jose State University, Frank Farr spent 50 years as an educator-teacher of languages and journalism, counselor, vice principal, principal in California and new Mexico. Before that, though, he volunteered late in 1942 for service in the Army Air Corps. In April 1943 he graduate from navigation training school at Ellington Field, Texas-a 2nd lieutenant and navigator. Assigned to the 91st Bombardment Group in England, he served as navigator on several different B-17s through 16 bombing missions over western Europe. He was shot down on the 17th and spent the last six months of the European war in German prison camps. Years later he earned his M.A. degree in secondary school administration at Chapman College, California. Still later he served as city councilman and mayor of the City of Gustine, California.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Flak Happy
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publishing
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New